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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say he set out to do in the story?

2. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

3. How is Assunta described after she and Salvatore marry? What does she look like? What type of person is she?

4. Why does Salvatore understand that the girl he loves will not marry him?

5. What did Salvatore's fiancé tell him "with the blunt directness of her race" (5) when he went to see her at her home after he returned rom military service?

6. What would Salvatore do if his rheumatism became too bad for him to work?

7. What did Salvatore do for work after he and Assunta married?

8. How did Salvatore's family learn he was not going to marry the girl he loved?

9. Describe Salvatore washing his babies near the end of the story?

10. Though Salvatore found Assunta physically unattractive, what could she offer him if they married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the narrator's view of Salvatore. Use direct examples from the text to show what the narrator thinks of Salvatore.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the author of "Salvatore." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Salvatore" similar or different from his previous works?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Assunta. Who is she? What does she symbolize? Describe her relationship with Salvatore.

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