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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 dies of yellow fever?
(a) Simon.
(b) Solomon Bradford.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Doris.

2. How does Simon plan on making money after the war?
(a) Teaching music.
(b) Playing music.
(c) Making food.
(d) Building houses.

3. What does Simon ask a girl at a party?
(a) If she is Irish.
(b) What song she wants to hear.
(c) If she will marry him.
(d) If he can court her.

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

5. What does Miss Pryor offer for Simon?
(a) A courtship.
(b) A job.
(c) Her hand in marriage.
(d) A kiss.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Colonel Webb's governess?

3. Who is Simon running from at the beginning of the novel?

4. Who offers to sing for Simon at Pryor House?

5. What new song does Miss Pryor tell Simon about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Doris always loved?

2. How does Simon get to Galveston?

3. Who is Patrick?

4. How does Mrs. Webb treat Doris?

5. Where did Simon live growing up?

6. Where does Simon want to buy land?

7. Who does Doris think about often?

8. Who does Simon notice at a dinner after the war?

9. Where is Patrick from?

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

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