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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Hammurabi.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

2. Why does Captain Kidd decline Doris’ offer to leave Johanna with her and Simon?
(a) Johanna refuses to allow it.
(b) Simon gets Doris to withdraw the offer.
(c) He says that he is planning to keep her himself.
(d) He says that he has taken money to return her.

3. 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?
(a) The rudeness of his townsmen.
(b) Overcharging him for supplies.
(c) Turning him away from his hotel.
(d) Taking money from him on the road.

4. How does Captain Kidd know that the Native men with Almay are Caddos?
(a) Their face paint.
(b) Their blunt-cut hair.
(c) Their robes.
(d) Their round head-dresses.

5. What measure does Captain Kidd take, as they enter into the dangerous hill country?
(a) He mutes the iron wheels with leather.
(b) He loads the guns and keeps them across his lap.
(c) He rides ahead on the bay horse Pasha.
(d) He abandons the Curative Waters wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Johanna doing in the hotel room when Captain Kidd gets back with Mrs. Gannet in Chapter 9?

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

3. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Dallas?

4. What does Captain Kidd not have with him, when the cavalry Captain asks for it in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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