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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Johanna feel her clothes were designed to do?
(a) Humiliate her.
(b) Confine her heart.
(c) Drain her power.
(d) Restrict her movements.

2. What does the voice inside of Captain Kidd protest, when he worries about the girl in Chapter 8?
(a) "This is an absurd situation."
(b) "We’re going to be killed."
(c) "I’ve already raised girls."
(d) "I’m too old for this."

3. Why does Captain Kidd read news of discoveries in electromagnetism to the crowd in Wichita Falls?
(a) To bore people.
(b) To impress people.
(c) To distract people.
(d) To make people worshipful.

4. What is the meaning of the song Johanna sings as she and Captain Kidd make their way to Spanish Fort?
(a) Send your enemies to the dark place.
(b) Never forget who you are.
(c) Prepare for a hard winter.
(d) You have what you need.

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

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

7. What was Johanna traded for, when she was brought in?
(a) A Smith and Wesson pistol.
(b) A tin sheet stove.
(c) $50 gold coin.
(d) 15 blankets and some silverware.

8. In Chapter 4, what does Johanna expect to have to do?
(a) Submit to this new life.
(b) Starve herself to death.
(c) Kill her captors.
(d) Get revenge for her abduction.

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

10. How much money does Captain Kidd make at the Dallas reading?
(a) $40.
(b) $20.
(c) $30.
(d) $50.

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

12. How does Captain Kidd know that the Native men with Almay are Caddos?
(a) Their robes.
(b) Their blunt-cut hair.
(c) Their round head-dresses.
(d) Their face paint.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd try to tell Johanna as the cavalry platoon rides up in Chapter 5?

2. How do Captain Kidd and Simon and Doris know which way Johanna went when she runs off in Chapter 7?

3. What happens to Johanna’s native clothing?

4. What is Johanna’s Kiowa name?

5. What does Captain Kidd say he appreciates about the way Kiowa Indians carry themselves?

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