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

2. What armament does Captain Kidd determine Almay and the Caddos are carrying in Chapter 11?
(a) One rifle and two handguns.
(b) Three handguns.
(c) Two rifles and a handgun.
(d) Three rifles.

3. What does Captain Kidd leave Durand without buying?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Food for the horses.
(c) A new suit.
(d) Supplies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Kidd’s plan if they were victim to raiders?

2. What is it that causes Johanna to start weeping about her future life?

3. How does Captain Kidd know that he and Johanna are under attack?

4. Where do Captain Kidd and Johanna stay in Cranfills Gap?

5. What does the U.S. Army Sergeant do, when the people of Durand start to fight during Captain Kidd’s reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna turn the tides of the battle Carlyle Springs?

2. What is Captain Kidd’s first impression of Johanna’s aunt and uncle, Wilhelm and Anna Leonberger?

3. What uproar does Johanna cause near the river with the stave mill, and how does she react when the uproar is settled?

4. How does the novel speed up after the fight in Durand?

5. What does Captain Kidd do now that he has returned Johanna to her family?

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

7. What is Captain Kidd nervous about now that the Almay and the Caddos have been defeated?

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

9. Why is Captain Kidd cautious about reading from the Inquirer?

10. How is Captain Kidd injured in his fight with Almay and Caddos, and how does his injury affect him?

(see the answer keys)

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