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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Britt Johnson’s profession?
(a) Printer.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Freighter.
(d) Tavern keeper.

2. Why does Captain Kidd realize he has not offered his attentions to Mrs. Gannet, these past few years?
(a) His daughters would be upset.
(b) Mrs. Gannet’s husband has left her, but not divorced her.
(c) Mrs. Gannet always has suitors around her.
(d) He feels his wife’s presence, still.

3. What does John Calley apologize to Captain Kidd for, as he helps him collect the dimes that were spilled by the fighting during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?
(a) The rudeness of his townsmen.
(b) Overcharging him for supplies.
(c) Taking money from him on the road.
(d) Turning him away from his hotel.

4. What does Captain Kidd say about other people’s cultures, when he cannot tell whether to give Johanna a kiss on the cheek?
(a) That they are secret.
(b) That they are inscrutable books.
(c) That they are minefields.
(d) That they require initiation.

5. How much does Captain Kidd offer Mrs. Gannet, for her to come stay with Johanna overnight?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Fifty cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Captain Kidd read news of discoveries in electromagnetism to the crowd in Wichita Falls?

2. What direction will Captain Kidd be traveling with Johanna?

3. What does Captain Kidd learn Johanna knows how to do, after the meeting with the cavalry in Chapter 5?

4. What color ascot does Captain Kidd wear with his reading suit?

5. What is the next town Captain Kidd and Johanna are heading toward, once the cross through the Cross Timbers?

(see the answer key)

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