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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Salvatore do for work when he was not fishing after he married and had children?
(a) Rode a horse and buggy.
(b) Worked on his father's vineyard.
(c) Cooked for a wealthy family.
(d) Taught school.

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

3. How is Assunta described physically?
(a) Beautiful and delicate featured.
(b) Unkempt and scraggly.
(c) Heavy-set but jolly.
(d) Unattractive and old-looking.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

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

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

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