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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salvatore's mother tell him about a woman named Assunta a few months after he returned from military service?
(a) She has a well-paying job for him.
(b) She wants to marry him.
(c) She has been saying terrible things about him.
(d) She knows how to cure his rheumatism.

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

3. How did Salvatore's family learn his fiancé was not going to marry him before he did?
(a) Her mother told them.
(b) She told them.
(c) Her father told them.
(d) Her new husband told them.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?
(a) He works with his mother cleaning houses.
(b) He refused to work and just hangs out on the beach.
(c) He works as a cook for a wealthy family.
(d) Fishing and working on his father's vineyard.

10. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Peasant-like.

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

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

13. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Courage.
(c) Evil.
(d) Honesty.

14. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?
(a) One of his brothers.
(b) His sons.
(c) His parents.
(d) Assunta.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe Salvatore's body after marrying?

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

3. What did Salvatore do for work when he was not fishing after he married and had children?

4. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?

5. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands while he bathes his children?

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