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

2. What ordeal does Doris say Johanna has been through?
(a) An apocalypse.
(b) Two deaths.
(c) Death and rebirth.
(d) Two creations.

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

4. 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) Taking money from him on the road.
(c) Turning him away from his hotel.
(d) Overcharging him for supplies.

5. What does Captain Kidd have to prevent Johanna from doing, at the end of the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Pursuing and killing the Caddos.
(b) Dismembering Almay.
(c) Spitting on Almay’s body.
(d) Scalping Almay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities is Captain Kidd careful to present in his appearance when he reads the news?

2. Where does Johanna sleep, for her first night back with her aunt and uncle?

3. What is on the other side of the River from Captain Kidd and Johanna as they are making their way to Spanish Fort?

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

5. Where does Captain Kidd say are the only places his news readings are popular?

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