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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. How many children did Assunta and Salvatore have?

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

3. How is Assunta described physically?

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

5. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring time in "Salvatore." What span of time does the story cover? How is the passage of time expressed?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Salvatore." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters?

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