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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Captain Kidd born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1800.

3. What is Captain Kidd thinking about as he and Almay negotiate about Johanna?
(a) How fast the Caddos can travel.
(b) Whether he can take refuge with friends.
(c) Where to hide.
(d) How much ammunition he has.

4. What kind of gun is Captain Kidd armed with while he reads in Chapter 1?
(a) A Henry rifle.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A Smith and Wesson pistol.
(d) A Slocum revolver.

5. In which state did Captain Kidd fight the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

6. What happens to Johanna’s native clothing?
(a) It is burned.
(b) She saves it in her pack.
(c) It is thrown out a window.
(d) It is donated to a museum.

7. Why does Captain Kidd realize he has not offered his attentions to Mrs. Gannet, these past few years?
(a) Mrs. Gannet’s husband has left her, but not divorced her.
(b) Mrs. Gannet always has suitors around her.
(c) His daughters would be upset.
(d) He feels his wife’s presence, still.

8. What direction will Captain Kidd be traveling with Johanna?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

9. What color ascot does Captain Kidd wear with his reading suit?
(a) Crimson.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

10. What was Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s wife Maria Luisa Betancourt y Real doing when he first saw her?
(a) Dancing at a ball.
(b) Shopping in the plaza.
(c) Riding in a carriage.
(d) Running after the milk man.

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

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

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

14. How far is Captain Kidd planning to travel with Johanna, as they set out in Chapter 2?
(a) 1,000 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 600 miles.

15. Why are two soldiers guarding the door at Captain Kidd’s reading in Dallas?
(a) Some people expect trouble at the reading.
(b) Texas is still under military rule.
(c) There have been threats against the event.
(d) The soldiers are looking for a thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the next town Captain Kidd and Johanna are heading toward, once the cross through the Cross Timbers?

2. How does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel characterize Johanna’s actions?

3. What is Johanna doing in the hotel room when Captain Kidd gets back with Mrs. Gannet in Chapter 9?

4. Who wrestled Johanna out of her native clothes and into western dress?

5. Where is Captain Kidd afraid Johanna will go, if Simon and his “particular friend Miss Dillon” cannot watch her (53)?

(see the answer keys)

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