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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Assunta not marry the man to whom she had been engaged?

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

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

4. What did Salvatore do for work when he was not fishing after he married and had children?

5. How did Salvatore's family learn his fiancé was not going to marry him before he did?

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