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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Salvatore cry to when he returns home after learning he is not to be married to the girl he loved?

3. What does Salvatore's mother tell him about a woman named Assunta a few months after he returned from military service?

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

5. What type of fish did Salvatore catch during fishing season?

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