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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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) He works with his mother cleaning houses.
(c) Fishing and working on his father's vineyard.
(d) He works as a cook for a wealthy family.

14. 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 unfortunate peasants.
(d) They were hard workers.

15. 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 hates her.
(d) He feels betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word is used to describe the size of the "white-washed" house Salvatore and Assunta buy?

4. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?

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

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