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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 notice at a dinner?
(a) An old man.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A pretty girl.
(d) A horse.

2. Who does Simon ask a Union sergeant about at Fort Brown?
(a) Doreen.
(b) Dylan.
(c) Doris.
(d) Dolly.

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

4. How long does Colonel Webb's governess need to work for him?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon want to buy in Texas?

2. Who does Simon enlist to help him correspond with someone via letters?

3. Where does Simon get work in Gavleston?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Simon want to buy land?

2. Where did Simon live growing up?

3. What happens to Simon in March of 1865?

4. How does Simon get to Galveston?

5. Who dies of yellow fever?

6. How does Simon imagine his future?

7. What does Doris think of the Webb family?

8. Who is Patrick?

9. Who is Damon Lessing?

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

(see the answer keys)

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