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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Almay refer to the bird shot Captain Kidd shoots at him?
(a) Ashes.
(b) Dust.
(c) Cake decorations.
(d) Ladies’ powder.

2. How do Captain Kidd and Simon and Doris know which way Johanna went when she runs off in Chapter 7?
(a) They cast around the camp in large circles till they find her.
(b) They hear from people who saw her.
(c) They guess where she went.
(d) They follow her footprints.

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

4. What does Captain Kidd learn Johanna knows how to do, after the meeting with the cavalry in Chapter 5?
(a) Skin a rabbit.
(b) Handle a shotgun.
(c) Load the Smith and Wesson pistol.
(d) Take the safety off the Smith and Wesson pistol.

5. What circumstance allowed Johanna to slip away while Captain Kidd read the news in Chapter 7?
(a) Simon and Doris fell asleep.
(b) She said she was going to the outhouse.
(c) Johanna set the canopy on fire as a distraction.
(d) There was confusion about a loose horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign language sign does Johanna give Captain Kidd after the cavalry platoon has left in Chapter 5?

2. What made Jefferson Kyle Kidd a good messenger?

3. What gift does Doris give Johanna?

4. What does Captain Kidd surmise from the fact that Almay and the Caddos are coming up single file on one side of the ravine?

5. Why are two soldiers guarding the door at Captain Kidd’s reading in Dallas?

(see the answer key)

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