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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd end his readings in Chapter 7 with?
(a) Hard news.
(b) Human interest pieces.
(c) Far-off news.
(d) Curiosities and inventions.

2. Where is Captain Kidd afraid Johanna will go, if Simon and his “particular friend Miss Dillon” cannot watch her (53)?
(a) Off with Almay.
(b) Back to the Kiowa.
(c) Back to Wichita Falls.
(d) Into the wilderness on her own.

3. Where does Captain Kidd give his reading in Spanish Fort in Chapter 6?
(a) Grange hall.
(b) Mercantile shop.
(c) Town hall.
(d) Masonic lodge.

4. Why does Captain Kidd realize he has not offered his attentions to Mrs. Gannet, these past few years?
(a) Mrs. Gannet always has suitors around her.
(b) Mrs. Gannet’s husband has left her, but not divorced her.
(c) He feels his wife’s presence, still.
(d) His daughters would be upset.

5. In Chapter 7, how do the Kiowa Indians across the river from Johanna respond?
(a) They drift away.
(b) They send a swimmer into the current.
(c) They prepare a raft.
(d) They shoot at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstance allowed Johanna to slip away while Captain Kidd read the news in Chapter 7?

2. How does Johanna injure one of the Caddos with Almay?

3. What is Captain Kidd thinking about as he and Almay negotiate about Johanna?

4. What has Johanna made for supper, when Captain Kidd brings Simon and his girlfriend Doris Dillon back to the wagon from Spanish Fort?

5. What does Captain Kidd own that is banned in Texas?

(see the answer key)

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