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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon tell Miss Pryor he hates?
(a) Playing fiddle.
(b) Cake.
(c) Singing.
(d) Teaching.

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

3. What is Simon's real name?
(a) Simon Jiles.
(b) Simon Dillon.
(c) Simon Boudlin.
(d) Simon Walters.

4. What does Simon fail to get after the war?
(a) A fry pan.
(b) A revolver.
(c) Discharge papers.
(d) A fiddle.

5. Who does Simon borrow nice jackets from?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Family.
(c) Friends.
(d) Waiters.

6. What was Doris's favorite part of her education?
(a) Going to the beehives.
(b) Reading.
(c) Learning.
(d) Milking cows.

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

8. What is the name of Colonel Webb's governess?
(a) Dot.
(b) Doreen.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Doris.

9. Who does Simon notice at a dinner?
(a) A pretty girl.
(b) An old man.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A horse.

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

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

12. What city is Simon going to after the war?
(a) Fort Worth.
(b) Austin.
(c) Galveston.
(d) Houston.

13. What has Doris always loved?
(a) Food.
(b) Animals.
(c) People.
(d) Working.

14. Why does Simon play a Creole song?
(a) For his mother.
(b) For Doris.
(c) For a Creole girl.
(d) For himself.

15. Who does Simon enlist to help him correspond with someone via letters?
(a) Damon.
(b) Doris.
(c) Doroteo.
(d) Patrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Doris grow up?

2. What does Simon want to buy in Texas?

3. Who dies of yellow fever?

4. What instrument does Patrick play?

5. What does Simon make flyers for?

(see the answer keys)

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