News of the World Test | Final Test - Medium

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News of the World Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd refer to the Daily State Journal?
(a) Lies.
(b) Misinformed opinion.
(c) Rumor.
(d) Propaganda.

2. What is it that causes Johanna to start weeping about her future life?
(a) John Calley offers to save her.
(b) Captain Kidd tells her he will not need her to collect dimes at his talks any more.
(c) Captain Kidd describes the house she will live in.
(d) Mrs. Gannet tells her what kind of work she will have to do.

3. Who is the author of the quote Captain Kidd quotes to John Calley, that the laws should be publicized openly, and apply equally to king and peasant?
(a) Caesar.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Hammurabi.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. How many men have brought guns to the Captain’s news reading in Durand?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.

5. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Durand, in addition to local Texas politics?
(a) Flood levels in Texas rivers.
(b) Negro suffrage.
(c) Flooding in Pennsylvania.
(d) Census in India.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd characterize the act of delivering Johanna over to her relatives, after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?

2. Who were the “two major combatants” in the fight that breaks out during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?

3. What does Captain Kidd say he will do if anyone objects to his taking Johanna back with him?

4. Who do the Horrell brothers say might object to their methods of instituting law and order?

5. What does John Calley apologize to Captain Kidd for, as he helps him collect the dimes that were spilled by the fighting during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of appearance do the Horrell brothers make before Captain Kidd and Johanna?

2. After the battle with Almay and the Caddos, what does Captain Kidd tell himself the meaning of life is?

3. What disadvantages is Captain Kidd under, as he conducts this fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?

4. What does Captain Kidd tell us about other returned captives, and what are his apprehensions about Johanna?

5. How does Captain Kidd reunite with Johanna, and how does she leave Anna and Wilhelm?

6. How does Johanna react to her return to family?

7. What do the Horrell brothers consider they ought to be famous for?

8. Who helps Captain Kidd collect his dimes when the fight moves outside from the mercantile in Durand?

9. Why does the sight of the chickens Johanna took from the stave mill make Captain Kidd cry?

10. What is the conversation that passes between Captain Kidd and Johanna on Johanna’s wedding day?

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