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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 play his fiddle for at Fort Brown?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Doris.
(d) Eden.

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

3. What was Doris's favorite part of her education?
(a) Learning.
(b) Going to the beehives.
(c) Reading.
(d) Milking cows.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Doroteo play?

2. What does Colonel Webb's governess ban her from doing?

3. Who does Simon ask a Union sergeant about at Fort Brown?

4. Where is Simon from?

5. Who does Simon borrow nice jackets from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Simon imagine his future?

2. What is Simon told about approaching a governess?

3. What does Miss Pryor propose to Simon?

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

5. Where does Simon find work in Galveston?

6. Who does Doris think about often?

7. Where does Simon want to buy land?

8. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

9. How does Simon get to Galveston?

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

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