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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Simon hide in an icehouse?

2. Why is Simon released from his punishment cell?

3. What song does Simon play for someone at Fort Brown?

4. Why does Simon end up at the Pryor House?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Patrick from?

2. What is Simon told about approaching a governess?

3. Who is Damon Lessing?

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

5. Who does Doris think about often?

6. What has Doris always loved?

7. How does Simon imagine his future?

8. What does Doris think of the Webb family?

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

10. Who is Patrick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Simon's experience fighting in the war. What does he learn from this experience, about life, war, and himself? Use evidence from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Doris's understanding of America. What does Doris think of America and Americans? What about the nation is appealing to her, and what is not appealing? Use evidence from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Simon's stint in prison. What does this experience, -- with the man who is sent to beat him in his cell to the sheriff himself -- reveal about the system? Is it corrupt? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text as support.

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