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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. What word is used to describe the size of the "white-washed" house Salvatore and Assunta buy?
3. How did Salvatore's family learn his fiancé was not going to marry him before he did?
4. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?
5. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Assunta described after she and Salvatore marry? What does she look like? What type of person is she?
2. How did Salvatore's family learn he was not going to marry the girl he loved?
3. What did Salvatore do for work after he and Assunta married?
4. Describe Salvatore washing his babies near the end of the story?
5. 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?
6. Why does Salvatore understand that the girl he loves will not marry him?
7. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?
8. What would Salvatore do if his rheumatism became too bad for him to work?
9. What does the narrator say he set out to do in the story?
10. Though Salvatore found Assunta physically unattractive, what could she offer him if they married?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Maugham of "Salvatore." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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