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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd characterize the white man’s world he wants to protect Johanna in?
(a) Upside-down and topsy-turvy.
(b) Side-ways and inside-out.
(c) Mechanized and cruel.
(d) Cross-grained and contentious.

2. What does Captain Kidd prepare for, as a contingency plan, after leaving the road up to Carlyle Springs?
(a) Running on foot.
(b) Dying in the shoot out.
(c) Riding through the open country.
(d) Abandoning the wagon.

3. What Amendment to the constitution has just passed, when Captain Kidd starts reading to his audience?
(a) The 15th.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 13th.
(d) The 14th.

4. What does Captain Kidd look for in the tight spirals of buzzards?
(a) Signs of other travelers.
(b) Signs of water.
(c) Signs of a dead body nearby.
(d) Signs of game nearby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Captain Kidd’s wife’s people come to America from?

2. What does Johanna hear on the way out of Dallas, which seems like an omen?

3. How long ago did Captain Kidd’s wife die, that he came up these roads into North Texas?

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

5. What does the narrator say about Johanna’s reintegration into American culture?

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