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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Johanna seek comfort in Chapter 4 when Captain Kidd settles in for the night?
(a) On foot.
(b) On horseback.
(c) In a serape.
(d) In the footboards of the wagon.

2. Where did the Curative Waters wagon Captain Kidd buys originally come from?
(a) Houston.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Dallas.

3. Where is Captain Kidd afraid Johanna will go, if Simon and his “particular friend Miss Dillon” cannot watch her (53)?
(a) Off with Almay.
(b) Back to Wichita Falls.
(c) Into the wilderness on her own.
(d) Back to the Kiowa.

4. What effect does Mrs. Gannet’s anger about Almay’s proposal have on Captain Kidd?
(a) He is filled with protective rage.
(b) He is unmanned.
(c) He is impatient with her histrionics.
(d) He is smitten.

5. What circumstance allowed Johanna to slip away while Captain Kidd read the news in Chapter 7?
(a) Johanna set the canopy on fire as a distraction.
(b) She said she was going to the outhouse.
(c) There was confusion about a loose horse.
(d) Simon and Doris fell asleep.

6. Who wrestled Johanna out of her native clothes and into western dress?
(a) Captain Kidd.
(b) Church women.
(c) Mrs. Gannet.
(d) Prostitutes.

7. What does Mrs. Gannet offer Johanna in Chapter 9 to win her over?
(a) Candy.
(b) A doll.
(c) Bread.
(d) Roasted meat.

8. What does Captain Kidd feel compelled to do, when Almay offers him money for Johanna?
(a) Call the soldiers who were attending the reading.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Run.
(d) Accept his offer.

9. Which river are Britt Johnson and his boys about to cross, when they are leaving Wichita Falls?
(a) The Lampasas River.
(b) The Little Wichita.
(c) The Brazos River.
(d) The Red River.

10. What is Johanna’s reaction when Captain Kidd shows her his weapons in Chapter 4?
(a) She shows him that he has given her reassurance.
(b) She expresses doubt about his fitness to use them.
(c) She refuses to concede that she is on his side.
(d) She hides her intention to seize the weapons.

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

12. Who were Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s men fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
(a) Muskogee Creek Indians.
(b) Mexican army.
(c) Union soldiers.
(d) Seminole Indians.

13. What is the next town Captain Kidd and Johanna are heading toward, once the cross through the Cross Timbers?
(a) Fort Sill.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Spanish Fort.
(d) Lampasas.

14. What gift does Doris give Johanna?
(a) Moccasins.
(b) A dress.
(c) A doll.
(d) A hat.

15. 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 always has suitors around her.
(c) He feels his wife’s presence, still.
(d) Mrs. Gannet’s husband has left her, but not divorced her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Captain Kidd make at the Dallas reading?

2. What Amendment to the constitution has just passed, when Captain Kidd starts reading to his audience?

3. By what light does Captain Kidd find Johanna in Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Captain Kidd end his readings in Chapter 7 with?

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