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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. Why did Assunta not marry the man to whom she had been engaged?
2. How is Salvatore's laughter described when he bathes his child?
3. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?
4. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?
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. How did Salvatore's family learn he was not going to marry the girl he loved?
2. 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?
3. How is Assunta described after she and Salvatore marry? What does she look like? What type of person is she?
4. Describe Salvatore washing his babies near the end of the story?
5. What would Salvatore do if his rheumatism became too bad for him to work?
6. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?
7. What does the narrator say he set out to do in the story?
8. Why does Salvatore understand that the girl he loves will not marry him?
9. Though Salvatore found Assunta physically unattractive, what could she offer him if they married?
10. What did Salvatore do for work after he and Assunta married?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the significance of gender in "Salvatore." How does gender influence behavior in the story?
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
What conflicts exist in "Salvatore"? How does conflict develop the themes of goodness, longing, and love?
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