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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 are the Horrell brothers attired?
(a) In Confederate army uniforms.
(b) In uniforms from either side from the war.
(c) In a hodge-podge of cast-off clothing.
(d) In farmers’ clothes.

2. What does Captain Kidd think should be done to people who are “born unsupplied with a human conscience” (110)?
(a) They should be re-educated.
(b) They should be killed.
(c) They should be deported.
(d) They should be quarantined.

3. What has Johanna made for supper, when Captain Kidd brings Simon and his girlfriend Doris Dillon back to the wagon from Spanish Fort?
(a) Johnny cakes and grits.
(b) Roast chicken.
(c) Rabbit stew.
(d) Cornbread and bacon.

4. Where was Jefferson Kyle Kidd hit during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
(a) In the hip.
(b) In the shoulder.
(c) In the foot.
(d) In the head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the “two major combatants” in the fight that breaks out during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?

2. What does Captain Kidd start off with, in his readings in Chapter 7?

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

4. What kind of gun is Captain Kidd armed with while he reads in Chapter 1?

5. Why does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel speak so dramatically?

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