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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of places was Salvatore accustomed to at home before leaving for his military service?
(a) Noisy streets and wild cafes.
(b) Rowdy street and licentious bars.
(c) Solitary meadows and lonely roads.
(d) Silent paths, the mountains and the sea.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Salvatore's body described at the start of the story?

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

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

4. What is the first thing Salvatore did the first evening he was home after military service?

5. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who meets Salvatore at the shore when he arrives in Naples after leaving the military? Who is missing?

2. How is Salvatore's fiancé described at the start of the story?

3. Why does Salvatore have "hard feet" (1)?

4. Why is Salvatore discharged from the military? What does he feel when he learns he can go home?

5. How did Salvatore care for his younger brothers at the start of the story?

6. How is 15-year-old Salvatore described at the beginning of "Salvatore"?

7. What does Salvatore's fiancé say when he asks if she received his letter saying he is not coming home?

8. Who did Salvatore write to most while he was in the navy? What did he say in his letters?

9. Why did Salvatore and his fiancé have to wait to marry?

10. Who is Salvatore's father and what did he own?

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