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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. Why does Simon hide in an icehouse?
(a) To surprise someone.
(b) To escape conscription men.
(c) He does not hide in an icehouse.
(d) For fun.

2. Who does Doris find rude?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Simon.
(d) Mrs. Webb and Josephina.

3. What does Simon ask a girl at a party?
(a) If he can court her.
(b) If she will marry him.
(c) What song she wants to hear.
(d) If she is Irish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of audience does Simon usually play for?

2. What does Miss Pryor offer for Simon?

3. What instrument does Doroteo play?

4. How long does Colonel Webb's governess need to work for him?

5. Who is Mercedes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Simon at the beginning of the novel?

2. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

3. Where does Simon want to buy land?

4. How does Simon imagine his future?

5. Who is Damon Lessing?

6. What has Doris always loved?

7. Where is Patrick from?

8. Who does Simon notice at a dinner after the war?

9. What does Miss Pryor propose to Simon?

10. Who is Patrick?

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