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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word is used to describe Salvatore's body after marrying?
(a) Flabby.
(b) Thin.
(c) Husky.
(d) Frail.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What would Salvatore do when his rheumatism made it impossible for him to work?
(a) Drink till dawn.
(b) Sob in the dark.
(c) Lay in his bed.
(d) Rest on the beach.

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

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

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

14. What work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?
(a) He works as a cook for a wealthy family.
(b) He refused to work and just hangs out on the beach.
(c) He works with his mother cleaning houses.
(d) Fishing and working on his father's vineyard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did foreigners say about Italian fishermen when they saw Salvatore on the beach?

3. How is Assunta described physically?

4. How many children did Assunta and Salvatore have?

5. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?

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