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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Doris think about the Webb family?
(a) They are funny.
(b) They are joyless.
(c) They are nice.
(d) They smell funny.

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

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

7. Who is Simon running from at the beginning of the novel?
(a) His wife.
(b) Conscription men.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Doris.

8. How does Simon get to Galveston?
(a) By carriage.
(b) By boat.
(c) By foot.
(d) By train.

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

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

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

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

13. Who did Simon live with growing up?
(a) His mom.
(b) Running David.
(c) Walking David.
(d) His dad.

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

15. Where is Patrick from?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Solomon Bradford?

2. Where was Doris educated?

3. Who is the protagonist of the novel?

4. What did Mercedes tell Doris about Simon?

5. What does Damon give to Simon?

(see the answer keys)

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