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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Simon meet Damon?
(a) In a barber shop.
(b) In a saloon.
(c) In the army.
(d) At a play.

2. Who is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) Fiddler.
(b) John.
(c) Simon.
(d) Damon.

3. Who does Doris find rude?
(a) Mrs. Webb and Josephina.
(b) Simon.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Patrick.

4. What new song does Miss Pryor tell Simon about?
(a) La Savane.
(b) Blarney Pilgrim.
(c) Red River Valley.
(d) Death and the Sinner.

5. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?
(a) He gets married.
(b) He dies.
(c) He gets conscripted into the Confederate Army.
(d) The war ends.

6. What is Patrick's heritage?
(a) Irish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

7. Who sends a letter to Patrick?
(a) Doris.
(b) His mother.
(c) Damon.
(d) Simon.

8. Who does Simon play his fiddle for at Fort Brown?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Doris.
(c) Eden.
(d) Eileen.

9. What does Simon make flyers for?
(a) He does not make flyers.
(b) His band.
(c) His fiddle.
(d) His missing dog.

10. Who does Simon form a band with?
(a) He does not form a band.
(b) His family.
(c) Confederate and Union soldiers.
(d) His friends.

11. Where does Simon live in Galveston?
(a) In an abandoned house.
(b) In a boat.
(c) In a hut.
(d) In a mansion.

12. Who is Solomon Bradford?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A stage actor.
(d) A landowner.

13. What does a girl at Pryor House ask Simon to play?
(a) La Savane.
(b) Blarney Pilgrim.
(c) Scottish airs.
(d) Irish airs.

14. What is Doris still trying to understand?
(a) What a girl can do in America.
(b) How to talk to men.
(c) English.
(d) Math.

15. Why does Simon get thrown in a punishment cell?
(a) He does not get thrown in a cell.
(b) For escaping the war.
(c) For punching a Union soldier.
(d) For killing a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who steals a boat?

2. What does Miss Pryor offer for Simon?

3. Where did Simon live growing up?

4. What kinds of shirts does Simon buy for the band?

5. What does Colonel Webb's governess ban her from doing?

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