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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Johanna overturn, in her resistance to being washed?
(a) A small stove.
(b) A desk.
(c) An oil lamp.
(d) The wash tub.

3. How old was Jefferson Kyle Kidd when he enlisted in the War of 1812?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

4. Why does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel speak so dramatically?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is a town crier.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is an actor.

5. What does Captain Kidd learn Johanna knows how to do, after the meeting with the cavalry in Chapter 5?
(a) Handle a shotgun.
(b) Skin a rabbit.
(c) Take the safety off the Smith and Wesson pistol.
(d) Load the Smith and Wesson pistol.

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

7. In Chapter 7, what does Captain Kidd light his reading by?
(a) A taper.
(b) A bull’s-eye lantern.
(c) A candle.
(d) An oil lamp.

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

9. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Dallas?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) Texas politics.
(d) Reconstruction.

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

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

12. What is Britt Johnson’s profession?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Freighter.
(c) Tavern keeper.
(d) Printer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the other, “celestial” voice inside Captain Kidd answer, when he worries about the girl (74)?

2. What is Simon Boudlin’s profession?

3. What does Johanna do when Captain Kidd locks her in the hotel room in Dallas?

4. Why does Captain Kidd read news of discoveries in electromagnetism to the crowd in Wichita Falls?

5. What did Sergeant Kidd enjoy about being a messenger?

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