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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 topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Dallas?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Texas politics.

2. How much money does Captain Kidd make at the Dallas reading?
(a) $40.
(b) $30.
(c) $50.
(d) $20.

3. What does the narrator say the Kiowa prided themselves on?
(a) Their agricultural accomplishments.
(b) Their ability to live without things.
(c) Their fierceness in battle.
(d) Their compliance with white men’s laws.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell does Captain Kidd remember as he and Johanna descend into the country around Resaca de la Palma?

2. What does Johanna overturn, in her resistance to being washed?

3. Why does Captain Kidd realize he has not offered his attentions to Mrs. Gannet, these past few years?

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

5. Who were Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s men fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

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