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

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

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

4. Why does Simon hide in an icehouse?
(a) To escape conscription men.
(b) For fun.
(c) To surprise someone.
(d) He does not hide in an icehouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon make flyers for?

2. Who did Simon live with growing up?

3. How does Simon plan on making money after the war?

4. Where is Simon from?

5. Where did Simon live growing up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Doris always loved?

3. Where does Simon find work in Galveston?

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

5. Who tags along with Simon to Galveston?

6. Why does Simon have Patrick write letters to Doris?

7. What does Miss Pryor propose to Simon?

8. How does Simon get to Galveston?

9. How does Simon imagine his future?

10. Who is Damon Lessing?

(see the answer keys)

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