Based on your reading of the story answer the following questions by ticking the correct options.

The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because

The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because he thought the boys would prefer to keep their secret.

The author had followed Nicola and Jacopo into the hospital where he saw them meeting their sister, Lucia. The nurse told him that the two boys were paying for their sister's treatment. Their family had been destroyed by the war and they had grown to hate the Germans. The boys earned money by doing odd jobs to support their sick sister. The author did not speak to the boys on their return because he thought that they would have liked to keep it all a secret.