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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Red River?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

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

3. Who offers to sing for Simon at Pryor House?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Doris.
(c) Miss Pryor.
(d) Mr. Pryor.

4. What does Simon ask a girl at a party?
(a) If he can court her.
(b) If she is Irish.
(c) If she will marry him.
(d) What song she wants to hear.

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

6. What song does Simon play for someone at Fort Brown?
(a) Death and the Sinner.
(b) Old McDonald.
(c) Blarney Pilgrim.
(d) Gow's Lament.

7. Where is Colonel Webb's governess from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Scotland.

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

9. Who does Simon borrow shirts from?
(a) A colonel.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A sergeant.

10. Who goes with Simon to a new city after the war?
(a) His dad.
(b) His band mates.
(c) His friends.
(d) His mom.

11. Who is Mercedes?
(a) A stage actress.
(b) A maid.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A cook.

12. Where did Doris grow up?
(a) On a farm.
(b) On a beach.
(c) In a mansion.
(d) On an orchard.

13. What does Damon give to Simon?
(a) A horse.
(b) A revolver.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) An apple.

14. Who dies of yellow fever?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Solomon Bradford.
(c) Simon.
(d) Doris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends a letter to Patrick?

2. Why does Simon end up at the Pryor House?

3. What does Miss Pryor offer for Simon?

4. What does Simon make flyers for?

5. Why does Simon hide in an icehouse?

(see the answer keys)

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