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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Simon's real name?
(a) Simon Jiles.
(b) Simon Boudlin.
(c) Simon Dillon.
(d) Simon Walters.

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

3. Who does Simon borrow nice jackets from?
(a) Family.
(b) Waiters.
(c) Friends.
(d) Lawyers.

4. Who does Simon decide to write to?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Doris.
(d) Walking David.

5. What happens sometimes at saloons?
(a) People get sick.
(b) People get in fights.
(c) People eat cake.
(d) People do math.

6. Who does Simon form a band with?
(a) His family.
(b) Confederate and Union soldiers.
(c) His friends.
(d) He does not form a band.

7. Who does Doris find rude?
(a) Mrs. Webb and Josephina.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Simon.
(d) Her brother.

8. How old is Simon?
(a) 19.
(b) 27.
(c) 14.
(d) 23.

9. Why does Simon end up at the Pryor House?
(a) To eat.
(b) To play music.
(c) To socialize.
(d) To teach music.

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

11. Where was Doris educated?
(a) At a convent.
(b) At university.
(c) At a private school.
(d) She was not educated.

12. Who does Doris often think about?
(a) Simon.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her parents.

13. Who steals a boat?
(a) Simon and his brother.
(b) Simon and his band mates.
(c) Simon and his wife.
(d) Simon and his father.

14. What new song does Miss Pryor tell Simon about?
(a) Death and the Sinner.
(b) La Savane.
(c) Blarney Pilgrim.
(d) Red River Valley.

15. What kind of audience does Simon usually play for?
(a) Children.
(b) Church goers.
(c) Drunk women.
(d) Drunk men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Simon notice at a dinner?

2. Who does Simon play his fiddle for at Fort Brown?

3. What does Simon talk about late at night sometimes?

4. Where does Simon live in Galveston?

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

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