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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Assunta able to purchase for Salvatore if they married?
(a) A new suit.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A horse and buggy.
(d) A boat and a home.

2. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He feels betrayed.
(c) He understands why she cannot marry him.
(d) He feels honored to have had her love at all.

3. What does Assunta seem always to by touched by regarding Salvatore?
(a) He physical prowess.
(b) He altruism.
(c) His gentle sweetness.
(d) His perseverance in the face of adversity.

4. What did Salvatore tell his mother after he took a good look at Assunta?
(a) He would rather marry his own brother.
(b) He would rather die than marry her.
(c) He would marry her.
(d) He would marry her if she fixed herself up a bit.

5. How is Salvatore's laughter described when he bathes his child?
(a) Like an angel.
(b) Like an old man.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like the devil.

6. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?
(a) His parents.
(b) One of his brothers.
(c) Assunta.
(d) His sons.

7. Whom did Assunta have "nothing but harsh words for" (7)?
(a) Her children.
(b) Salvatore's mother.
(c) Salvatore's former fiancé.
(d) Her former fiancé.

8. How many children did Assunta and Salvatore have?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

9. Why did Assunta not marry the man to whom she had been engaged?
(a) She ended the engagement when she learned he had cheated.
(b) He left her for another woman.
(c) He walked out on her and never returned.
(d) He was killed during military service.

10. How is Assunta described physically?
(a) Heavy-set but jolly.
(b) Beautiful and delicate featured.
(c) Unattractive and old-looking.
(d) Unkempt and scraggly.

11. Who does Salvatore cry to when he returns home after learning he is not to be married to the girl he loved?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

12. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?
(a) Peasant-like.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Barbaric.
(d) Aristocratic.

13. What does Salvatore tell his mother about Assunta?
(a) She is mean, mean, mean.
(b) She is ugly as the devil.
(c) She is an angel among angels.
(d) She is a beauty like no other.

14. What type of fish did Salvatore catch during fishing season?
(a) Cod.
(b) Grouper.
(c) Seabass.
(d) Cuttlefish.

15. What did Salvatore do for work when he was not fishing after he married and had children?
(a) Taught school.
(b) Worked on his father's vineyard.
(c) Cooked for a wealthy family.
(d) Rode a horse and buggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the size of the "white-washed" house Salvatore and Assunta buy?

2. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?

3. What word is used to describe Salvatore's body after marrying?

4. What would Salvatore do when his rheumatism made it impossible for him to work?

5. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?

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