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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. What type of fish did Salvatore catch during fishing season?

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

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

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

5. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of "Salvatore." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing language in "Salvatore." How would you describe the author's style? How does this style impact the reader's experience?

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