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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Johanna do when the Captain stops at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Load the guns.
(b) Cook breakfast.
(c) Lead the horses further from the road.
(d) Hide the wagon with brush.

2. What does Captain Kidd start off with, in his readings in Chapter 7?
(a) Far-off news.
(b) Human interest pieces.
(c) Hard news.
(d) Curiosities and inventions.

3. How much does Captain Kidd offer to park his wagon, and how much does he end up paying?
(a) 15 cents; 50 cents.
(b) 50 cents; one dollar.
(c) Five dollars; ten dollars.
(d) One dollar; five dollars.

4. Where does Johanna take refuge, while she travels with the Captain into the hill country?
(a) In the Captain’s jacket.
(b) In the Captain’s bit hat.
(c) In the red wool jorongo, or serape.
(d) In the floorboards of the Curative Waters wagon.

5. What does Captain Kidd give the old lady he and Johanna meet, in a gig, riding back toward Durand?
(a) Money to pay for the chickens Johanna took.
(b) A letter for her to post.
(c) Dimes for John Calley.
(d) A letter for the mill owner they stayed with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd do before he falls asleep at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What is Captain Kidd overwhelmed with, when he watches Johanna trying to eat with a fork?

3. What qualities is Captain Kidd careful to present in his appearance when he reads the news?

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

5. What does the U.S. Army Sergeant do, when the people of Durand start to fight during Captain Kidd’s reading?

(see the answer key)

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