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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Mercedes tell Doris about Simon?
(a) He smells funny.
(b) He was taken by her.
(c) He hates her.
(d) He wants to marry her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to sing for Simon at Pryor House?

2. What is Doris still trying to understand?

3. How does Simon get to Galveston?

4. Why is Simon released from his punishment cell?

5. Who does Simon play his fiddle for at Fort Brown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Pryor propose to Simon?

2. What does Simon play for Doris when she rides by in a carriage?

3. What is Simon told about approaching a governess?

4. Who is Doroteo?

5. Who dies of yellow fever?

6. How does Simon get to Galveston?

7. Who tags along with Simon to Galveston?

8. What has Doris always loved?

9. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

10. Where did Simon live growing up?

(see the answer keys)

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