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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd prepare for, as a contingency plan, after leaving the road up to Carlyle Springs?
(a) Dying in the shoot out.
(b) Riding through the open country.
(c) Abandoning the wagon.
(d) Running on foot.

2. What smell does Captain Kidd remember as he and Johanna descend into the country around Resaca de la Palma?
(a) Cannon smoke.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Festival smells of cooking.
(d) Dead bodies.

3. How far off is Almay when Captain Kidd shoots him with the dimes?
(a) 50 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 20 yards.

4. How long ago did Captain Kidd’s wife die, that he came up these roads into North Texas?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

5. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter a patrol in the road to Durand, one of the men is Native American; what does Johanna say Native Americans look at, when evaluating a person?
(a) Their intentions.
(b) Their skin color.
(c) Their race.
(d) Their company.

6. Where does Johanna take refuge, while she travels with the Captain into the hill country?
(a) In the Captain’s jacket.
(b) In the red wool jorongo, or serape.
(c) In the floorboards of the Curative Waters wagon.
(d) In the Captain’s bit hat.

7. How are the Horrell brothers attired?
(a) In Confederate army uniforms.
(b) In farmers’ clothes.
(c) In uniforms from either side from the war.
(d) In a hodge-podge of cast-off clothing.

8. What does the narrator say about Johanna’s reintegration into American culture?
(a) She remained a Kiowa all her days.
(b) She became an America through and through.
(c) She became her own person, neither American nor Kiowa.
(d) She was part American, part Kiowa.

9. Where does Captain Kidd say are the only places his news readings are popular?
(a) Near the frontier.
(b) Near the forts.
(c) Near the coast.
(d) In the big cities.

10. How does Captain Kidd sleep after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Badly, tormented by old nightmares.
(b) Peacefully, without war nightmares.
(c) Restlessly, on edge about the Caddos.
(d) Fitfully, as they forge ahead on the road.

11. Where does John Calley go to collect the herds that make him a wealthy man?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Indian County.
(c) Hill country.
(d) Nueces strip.

12. What is it that draws Captain Kidd’s blood during the fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?
(a) He is hit by splintered rock.
(b) He is grazed. by a bullet.
(c) He falls on thorns.
(d) He bangs his head on the wagon.

13. How many men have brought guns to the Captain’s news reading in Durand?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

14. Where do Captain Kidd and Johanna stay in Cranfills Gap?
(a) At a campsite.
(b) Along the roadside.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) In a stable.

15. What is Captain Kidd’s plan if they were victim to raiders?
(a) Abandon the wagon and make a run for it on Pasha.
(b) Take cover in a steep canyon and wait for help.
(c) Fight it out with dimes in the shotgun.
(d) Bargain with the raiders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Horrell brothers say might object to their methods of instituting law and order?

2. How much does Captain Kidd offer to park his wagon, and how much does he end up paying?

3. What does Captain Kidd say he will do if anyone objects to his taking Johanna back with him?

4. What does Captain Kidd think Merrit Horrell’s hair looks like it has been combed with?

5. What does the narrator say Captain Kidd did at each place he read the news?

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