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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salvatore's mother tell him about a woman named Assunta a few months after he returned from military service?
(a) She has been saying terrible things about him.
(b) She has a well-paying job for him.
(c) She wants to marry him.
(d) She knows how to cure his rheumatism.

2. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands while he bathes his children?
(a) Like sandpaper.
(b) Like buzzing bees.
(c) Like flowers.
(d) Like cold stones.

3. Why does Salvatore's fiancé say she can no longer marry him?
(a) He will never be able to work.
(b) She is moving far away.
(c) She has fallen in love with someone else.
(d) She has married somebody else.

4. How did Salvatore's family learn his fiancé was not going to marry him before he did?
(a) She told them.
(b) Her mother told them.
(c) Her new husband told them.
(d) Her father told them.

5. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The beach.
(c) Church.
(d) Her house.

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

7. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?
(a) Like loaves of bread.
(b) Like clouds.
(c) Like legs of mutton.
(d) Like bricks.

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

9. What word is used to describe the size of the "white-washed" house Salvatore and Assunta buy?
(a) Miniscule.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Microscopic.
(d) Gigantic.

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

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

12. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?
(a) Evil.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Courage.
(d) Honesty.

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

14. 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 father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Assunta and Salvatore have?

2. What did Salvatore tell his mother after he took a good look at Assunta?

3. Whom did Assunta have "nothing but harsh words for" (7)?

4. What was Assunta able to purchase for Salvatore if they married?

5. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?

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