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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a Creole girl cry at Pryor House?
(a) She is fired from her job.
(b) Someone hurts her feelings.
(c) Simon plays a song for her.
(d) She does not cry.

2. Who is the band cautious around?
(a) Rich people.
(b) Men.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Women.

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

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

5. What does Simon ask Colonel Webb for after a dinner?
(a) A hug.
(b) Food.
(c) A salute.
(d) Money.

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

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

8. Who does Simon kiss at Pryor House?
(a) Miss Pryor.
(b) Doris.
(c) A cook.
(d) A Creole girl.

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

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

11. What does Colonel Webb's governess ban her from doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Courting.
(d) Dancing.

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

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

14. What does Doris know she needs in America?
(a) A horse.
(b) A husband.
(c) A job.
(d) Allies.

15. Why does Simon end up at the Pryor House?
(a) To teach music.
(b) To play music.
(c) To socialize.
(d) To eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Colonel Webb's governess from?

2. Who did Simon live with growing up?

3. What was Doris's favorite part of her education?

4. Who does Simon decide to write to?

5. Where is Patrick from?

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