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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 is always complaining?
(a) John.
(b) Doris.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Simon.

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

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

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

5. Who is Solomon Bradford?
(a) A landowner.
(b) A stage actor.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Patrick from?

2. Who does Simon borrow nice jackets from?

3. Who does Simon decide to write to?

4. Who is the band cautious around?

5. What city is Simon going to after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

2. Who does Simon kiss at the garden party?

3. What is Simon told about approaching a governess?

4. How does Mrs. Webb treat Doris?

5. Where does Simon find work in Galveston?

6. What does Miss Pryor propose to Simon?

7. What war is happening at the beginning of the novel?

8. Where did Simon live growing up?

9. Where is Patrick from?

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

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