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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Salvatore spent his mornings at the start of the story?
(a) At school.
(b) Working on a boat.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In his room.

2. Who lived in Grande Marina?
(a) Salvatore's fiancé.
(b) Salvatore's grandparents.
(c) Salvatore's boss.
(d) Salvatore's teachers.

3. From what illness or disease did Salvatore suffer during military service?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Rheumatism.
(d) Typhus.

4. What is the name of the island on which Salvatore was raised?
(a) Ischia.
(b) Forio.
(c) Procida.
(d) Panza.

5. What was Salvatore's father's occupation?
(a) Chef.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Vinter.

6. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's eyes at the start of the story?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Evil.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Carefree.

7. How is Salvatore's handwriting described when he writes to his girlfriend?
(a) Child-like.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Indecipherable.
(d) Meticulous.

8. What was Salvatore's mood when leaving his island for the first time for his military service?
(a) Proud.
(b) Eager.
(c) Somber.
(d) Ecstatic.

9. What type of home did Salvatore grow up in?
(a) A little white cottage.
(b) A large brown farmhouse.
(c) A tiny wooden shack.
(d) A small apartment.

10. Salvatore's patience during his hospital stay is compared to which animal?
(a) A horse.
(b) A cat.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A dog.

11. What had Salvatore's fiancé and her mother heard about him while he was away?
(a) He had served honorably.
(b) He was very ill and would never quite recover.
(c) He was the strongest man on his ship.
(d) He as so homesick he came home.

12. Who was not there waiting for Salvatore in Naples when he returned from military service?
(a) His youngest brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His fiancé.

13. Who is the author of "Salvatore"?
(a) W. Somerset Maugham.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Ernest Hemingay.

14. What simile is used to described how the place Salvatore grew up looked in the evening?
(a) Like a remote island at midnight.
(b) Like a fairy island at sunset.
(c) Like a vast wasteland.
(d) Like an uninhabited planet.

15. What does the narrator say Salvatore was "full of" in the first paragraph of "Salvatore"?
(a) Love.
(b) Wit.
(c) Grace.
(d) Baloney.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Salvatore when the narrator says he first knew him?

2. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

3. Who was King of Italy when Salvatore joined the military?

4. In what type of transportation does Salvatore arrive at Naples after his military service has ended?

5. Who is Salvatore's fiancé said to carry herself like?

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