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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. How long did Salvatore spend in the hospital during his military service?
(a) One year.
(b) A few days.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) Several months.

2. Why does Salvatore assume his fiancé was not waiting for him when he returned from military service?
(a) He assumes she married someone else.
(b) He figures she does not want to marry someone as ill as he is.
(c) He thinks she was too shy to see him after all that time.
(d) He figures she did not receive his letter announcing his return.

3. How old was Salvatore when the narrator says he first knew him?
(a) 31.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

4. What is the first thing Salvatore did the first evening he was home after military service?
(a) Work on the boat.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Visit his doctor.
(d) Visit his fiancé.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only day Salvatore used to wear shoes according to the narrator at the start of the story?

2. Where is the final place Salvatore is sent for military service?

3. What did Salvatore have to do before he could marry?

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

5. How long had it been since Salvatore's mother had seen his fiancé when he returned to Naples?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Salvatore when he became hospitalized during military service? How long was he there?

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

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

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

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

6. Aside from missing his family and fiancé, why was military service so hard for Salvatore?

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

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

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

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

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