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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What did foreigners say about Italian fishermen when they saw Salvatore on the beach?
(a) They were unfortunate peasants.
(b) They were lazy devils.
(c) They were hard workers.
(d) They were the salt of the earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Salvatore's laughter described when he bathes his child?

3. What work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?

4. Why does Salvatore's fiancé say she can no longer marry him?

5. How many children did Assunta and Salvatore have?

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