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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 play a Creole song?
(a) For Doris.
(b) For himself.
(c) For a Creole girl.
(d) For his mother.

2. Who does Simon borrow nice jackets from?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Family.
(c) Waiters.
(d) Friends.

3. What does a girl at Pryor House ask Simon to play?
(a) La Savane.
(b) Scottish airs.
(c) Irish airs.
(d) Blarney Pilgrim.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mercedes?

2. Why is Simon released from his punishment cell?

3. Who does Simon notice at a dinner?

4. What has Doris always loved?

5. What color is Doris's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Simon find work in Galveston?

2. Who is Doroteo?

3. What does Miss Pryor propose to Simon?

4. Who is Damon Lessing?

5. What has Doris always loved?

6. Who does Doris think about often?

7. How does Mrs. Webb treat Doris?

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

9. Who is Patrick?

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

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