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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steals a boat?
(a) Simon and his father.
(b) Simon and his brother.
(c) Simon and his wife.
(d) Simon and his band mates.

2. How long does Colonel Webb's governess need to work for him?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

3. What color is Doris's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

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

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

6. What does Simon want to buy in Texas?
(a) A horse.
(b) Land.
(c) A house.
(d) A boat.

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

8. How does Simon plan on making money after the war?
(a) Building houses.
(b) Making food.
(c) Teaching music.
(d) Playing music.

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

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

11. What instrument does Doroteo play?
(a) Fiddle.
(b) Cello.
(c) Drums.
(d) Guitar.

12. Who annoys Mrs. Webb?
(a) Doris.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Simon.
(d) Josephina.

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

14. Who does Simon ask a Union sergeant about at Fort Brown?
(a) Dylan.
(b) Doreen.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Doris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Red River?

2. What instrument does Patrick play?

3. What does Doris think about the Webb family?

4. What does a girl at Pryor House ask Simon to play?

5. What name does Simon give the conscription men?

(see the answer keys)

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