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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd say he appreciates about the way Kiowa Indians carry themselves?
(a) Their vital energy.
(b) Their impassive patience.
(c) Their kinetic stillness.
(d) Their electric readiness.

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

3. 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 are in a hurry.
(d) That they underestimate his defenses.

4. How old was Jefferson Kyle Kidd when he enlisted in the War of 1812?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

5. What ordeal does Doris say Johanna has been through?
(a) Two deaths.
(b) Two creations.
(c) Death and rebirth.
(d) An apocalypse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Johanna expect to have to do?

2. What circumstance allowed Johanna to slip away while Captain Kidd read the news in Chapter 7?

3. What does the other, “celestial” voice inside Captain Kidd answer, when he worries about the girl (74)?

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

5. What does Captain Kidd wish he had with him as he enters a wooded area on the road in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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