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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 mother.
(d) His brother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salvatore tell his mother about Assunta?

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

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

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

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

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