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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What direction will Captain Kidd be traveling with Johanna?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

2. How does Captain Kidd finish Simon’s sentence when Simon says “you have taken on a heavy load” (54)?
(a) “But you’re strong enough for this.”
(b) “You’re a good man.”
(c) “And I don’t think you can carry it.”
(d) “For an old man, you mean.”

3. 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.

4. When does News of the World begin?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1848.

5. What was Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s wife Maria Luisa Betancourt y Real doing when he first saw her?
(a) Running after the milk man.
(b) Dancing at a ball.
(c) Shopping in the plaza.
(d) Riding in a carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Johanna’s native clothing?

2. Which river are Britt Johnson and his boys about to cross, when they are leaving Wichita Falls?

3. When was Captain Kidd born?

4. What does Captain Kidd say he appreciates about the way Kiowa Indians carry themselves?

5. What does Captain Kidd try to tell Johanna as the cavalry platoon rides up in Chapter 5?

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