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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon talk about late at night sometimes?
(a) His life plan.
(b) His family.
(c) His dog.
(d) Doris.

2. Who did Simon live with growing up?
(a) His dad.
(b) His mom.
(c) Walking David.
(d) Running David.

3. What has Doris always loved?
(a) Food.
(b) People.
(c) Animals.
(d) Working.

4. Where does Simon live in Galveston?
(a) In a boat.
(b) In a mansion.
(c) In a hut.
(d) In an abandoned house.

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

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

7. Who is always complaining?
(a) Doris.
(b) Josephina.
(c) John.
(d) Simon.

8. What does Simon tell Miss Pryor he hates?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Cake.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing fiddle.

9. Where is Patrick from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Virginia.

10. Who is Solomon Bradford?
(a) A landowner.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A stage actor.
(d) A doctor.

11. What song does Simon play for someone at Fort Brown?
(a) Death and the Sinner.
(b) Gow's Lament.
(c) Blarney Pilgrim.
(d) Old McDonald.

12. What name does Simon give the conscription men?
(a) Simon Walters.
(b) Simon Lessing.
(c) Simon Jiles.
(d) Simon Winters.

13. What does Doris know she needs in America?
(a) A job.
(b) A horse.
(c) A husband.
(d) Allies.

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

15. Who does Simon live with in Galveston?
(a) His band mates.
(b) His brother.
(c) His parents.
(d) His grandma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon fail to get after the war?

2. Where did Simon live growing up?

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

4. Who dies of yellow fever?

5. What does Damon give to Simon?

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