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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd say his daughter Elizabeth will enjoy, once she comes to San Antonio from the East?
(a) Tutoring Johanna.
(b) Clearing the title to the family land.
(c) Setting up a new printing shop for him.
(d) Raising her kids in a city.

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

3. What does the narrator say Almay’s face looked like it had been printed with in Chapter 12?
(a) Periods.
(b) Hyphens.
(c) Quotation marks.
(d) Question marks.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Johanna expect to have to do?
(a) Kill her captors.
(b) Submit to this new life.
(c) Starve herself to death.
(d) Get revenge for her abduction.

5. What does Captain Kidd think Merrit Horrell’s hair looks like it has been combed with?
(a) A broom.
(b) A pistol.
(c) An iron skillet.
(d) A rake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd say would be the consequence if he read from Governor Davis’ state journal, as one audience member requests?

2. What does the narrator say are the raiders’ favorite targets?

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

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

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

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