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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 work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?

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

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

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

5. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the island of Ischia as a symbol in "Salvatore."

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the significance of gender in "Salvatore." How does gender influence behavior in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Maugham’s focus on the theme of goodness as presented in the story.

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