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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) In a serape.
(b) In the footboards of the wagon.
(c) On foot.
(d) On horseback.

2. Why does Captain Kidd decline Doris’ offer to leave Johanna with her and Simon?
(a) Johanna refuses to allow it.
(b) Simon gets Doris to withdraw the offer.
(c) He says that he is planning to keep her himself.
(d) He says that he has taken money to return her.

3. What does Captain Kidd do before he falls asleep at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Sings.
(b) Drinks whiskey.
(c) Prays.
(d) Smokes.

4. 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) Mrs. Gannet’s husband has left her, but not divorced her.
(c) He feels his wife’s presence, still.
(d) His daughters would be upset.

5. Where did Jefferson Kyle Kidd grow up?
(a) Coastal Georgia.
(b) Near the Mississippi River.
(c) Kentucky bluegrass country.
(d) Georgia hill country.

6. Where are Captain Kidd’s daughters, as he writes to them from the Dallas hotel?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

7. What does Johanna yell to the Kiowa Indians across the river in Chapter 7?
(a) “Can you help me?”
(b) “Run.”
(c) “Where is my mother?”
(d) “Rescue me.”

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

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

10. What is Captain Kidd’s feeling, in Chapter 6, about bringing Johanna back to civilization?
(a) He thinks she will never be normal again.
(b) He has high hopes she can be civilized without too much violence.
(c) He is not optimistic, but he is responsible.
(d) He is dubious, but he needs the money.

11. In Chapter 7, how do the Kiowa Indians across the river from Johanna respond?
(a) They send a swimmer into the current.
(b) They prepare a raft.
(c) They shoot at her.
(d) They drift away.

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

13. How does Captain Kidd finish Simon’s sentence when Simon says “you have taken on a heavy load” (54)?
(a) “But you’re strong enough for this.”
(b) “For an old man, you mean.”
(c) “You’re a good man.”
(d) “And I don’t think you can carry it.”

14. Where does News of the World begin?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Wichita Falls.
(c) Houston.
(d) San Antonio.

15. By what light does Captain Kidd find Johanna in Chapter 7?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Lamp light.
(d) Candle light.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Simon Boudlin’s profession?

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

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

5. How does Captain Kidd know that the Native men with Almay are Caddos?

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