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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign language sign does Johanna make when Captain Kidd pulls the stove out of the wagon?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Fire.
(c) Eat.
(d) Matches.

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

3. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter the patrol in the road to Durand, how does Captain Kidd avoid answering the question put by the Captain, about who he voted for, for governor?
(a) He claims not to speak English.
(b) He pretends not to have heard.
(c) He says he was not in the state at the time.
(d) He says he is offended.

4. What qualities is Captain Kidd careful to present in his appearance when he reads the news?
(a) Authority and wisdom.
(b) Neutrality and powerlessness.
(c) Gentleness and kindness.
(d) Bookishness and frailty.

5. What effect does Mrs. Gannet’s anger about Almay’s proposal have on Captain Kidd?
(a) He is impatient with her histrionics.
(b) He is filled with protective rage.
(c) He is unmanned.
(d) He is smitten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Kidd concerned with, as he descends from Carlyle Springs?

2. What is Johanna’s Kiowa name?

3. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Durand, in addition to local Texas politics?

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

5. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna cross at the Brazos ferry?

(see the answer key)

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