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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. What kind of audience does Simon usually play for?
(a) Church goers.
(b) Drunk women.
(c) Drunk men.
(d) Children.

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

3. What city is Simon going to after the war?
(a) Galveston.
(b) Fort Worth.
(c) Austin.
(d) Houston.

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

5. What does Damon give to Simon?
(a) A horse.
(b) An apple.
(c) A revolver.
(d) A trumpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is always complaining?

2. What is Simon's real name?

3. Where does Simon live in Galveston?

4. What was Doris's favorite part of her education?

5. Where does Doris think she will live for the rest of her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Patrick from?

2. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

3. Who tags along with Simon to Galveston?

4. How does Simon get to Galveston?

5. What does Doris think of the Webb family?

6. How does Simon imagine his future?

7. Where does Simon want to buy land?

8. Who dies of yellow fever?

9. What has Doris always loved?

10. Why does Simon play 'La Savane' at Pryor House?

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