News of the World Test | Final Test - Easy

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News of the World Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Johanna say she would like to return to?
(a) Wichita Falls.
(b) Spanish Fort.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Indian country.

2. Why does Adolph the messenger say that Wilhelm and Anna will not likely adopt Johanna legally?
(a) They would be responsible for providing a dowry.
(b) They want to give her a trial period first.
(c) They cannot afford the legal filing fees.
(d) They intend to marry her off as soon as possible.

3. What does Captain Kidd think Merrit Horrell’s hair looks like it has been combed with?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A rake.
(c) A broom.
(d) An iron skillet.

4. Where did Captain Kidd’s wife’s people come to America from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Canary Islands.
(d) Portugal.

5. What does Captain Kidd have to prevent Johanna from doing, at the end of the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Spitting on Almay’s body.
(b) Pursuing and killing the Caddos.
(c) Scalping Almay.
(d) Dismembering Almay.

6. How are the Horrell brothers attired?
(a) In farmers’ clothes.
(b) In uniforms from either side from the war.
(c) In a hodge-podge of cast-off clothing.
(d) In Confederate army uniforms.

7. What dance does Johanna do in the wagon, as she and Captain Kidd make their way south from Cranfills Gap?
(a) Sun dance.
(b) Grass dance.
(c) Cicada dance.
(d) Rabbit Dance.

8. What are Quakers associated with, on the Texas frontier?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) The Peace Policy of Indian settlements.
(c) Women’s suffrage.
(d) Negro suffrage.

9. What is it that draws Captain Kidd’s blood during the fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?
(a) He is hit by splintered rock.
(b) He is grazed. by a bullet.
(c) He bangs his head on the wagon.
(d) He falls on thorns.

10. In Chapter 15, what does Captain Kidd say people always want to hear from travelers?
(a) Whether there will be another war.
(b) What the crops are like in other towns.
(c) The state of the economy in other counties.
(d) The condition of the roads.

11. What is Captain Kidd thinking when he heads up to Carlyle Springs?
(a) Seize the high ground.
(b) Get under cover.
(c) Faster, faster.
(d) Don’t leave tracks.

12. What is the best word to describe the act Adolph performs by saying that Captain Kidd cannot leave Johanna with her aunt and uncle?
(a) Beg.
(b) Order.
(c) Command.
(d) Implore.

13. In Chapter 20, what does Wilhelm say Johanna must learn again?
(a) To work.
(b) Numbers.
(c) To pray.
(d) English.

14. What danger awaits Captain Kidd and Johanna in the hill country?
(a) Possible raiders.
(b) Feuding families.
(c) Lack of water or provisions.
(d) Breakdowns from rough terrain.

15. What does Johanna do when the Captain stops at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Lead the horses further from the road.
(b) Cook breakfast.
(c) Hide the wagon with brush.
(d) Load the guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johanna think about while the outraged woman scolds her about “modesty while bathing” (139)?

2. What does Captain Kidd surmise from the fact that Almay and the Caddos are coming up single file on one side of the ravine?

3. What does Captain Kidd say we are supposed to do with the message we carry through life?

4. What had Captain Kidd been doing when he met his wife?

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

(see the answer keys)

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