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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what light does Captain Kidd find Johanna in Chapter 7?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Candle light.
(d) Lamp light.

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?
(a) That they are young.
(b) That they are overconfident.
(c) That they underestimate his defenses.
(d) That they are in a hurry.

3. How does the sign at Thurber’s print shop in Dallas describe the grounds of the office?
(a) Civilized land.
(b) Wilderness.
(c) No man’s land.
(d) Sacred ground.

4. What effect does Mrs. Gannet’s anger about Almay’s proposal have on Captain Kidd?
(a) He is impatient with her histrionics.
(b) He is unmanned.
(c) He is filled with protective rage.
(d) He is smitten.

5. How far off is Almay when Captain Kidd shoots him with the dimes?
(a) 200 yards.
(b) 50 yards.
(c) 20 yards.
(d) 100 yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Almay’s face looked like it had been printed with in Chapter 12?

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

3. Where does Captain Kidd hide his .38 cartridges?

4. What does the voice inside of Captain Kidd protest, when he worries about the girl in Chapter 8?

5. How does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel characterize Johanna’s actions?

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