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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 does Simon make flyers for?
(a) His band.
(b) His missing dog.
(c) He does not make flyers.
(d) His fiddle.

2. Who does Simon enlist to help him correspond with someone via letters?
(a) Damon.
(b) Doris.
(c) Doroteo.
(d) Patrick.

3. Where does Simon get work in Gavleston?
(a) At saloons.
(b) At churches.
(c) At hospitals.
(d) At bakeries.

4. Who does Simon kiss at Pryor House?
(a) Doris.
(b) A cook.
(c) A Creole girl.
(d) Miss Pryor.

5. Who is Mercedes?
(a) A stage actress.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A cook.
(d) A maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Simon form a band with?

2. What does Simon tell Miss Pryor he hates?

3. What happens sometimes at saloons?

4. Who is Solomon Bradford?

5. Why does Simon get thrown in a punishment cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Doris always loved?

2. How does Mrs. Webb treat Doris?

3. Who is Doroteo?

4. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

5. What is Simon told about approaching a governess?

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

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

8. How does Simon get to Galveston?

9. What does Doris think of the Webb family?

10. Where is Patrick from?

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