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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Adolph, the messenger who carried news of Captain Kidd’s arrival to Wilhelm and Anna’s house, tell Captain Kidd that Wilhelm and Anna’s nephew ran off?
(a) Because they worked him like a Turk.
(b) Because he wanted to join the army.
(c) Because he wanted to go to sea.
(d) Because he wanted to start his own farm.

2. What does Johanna sing to herself, when she sits with Captain Kidd and her aunt and uncle in Chapter 20?
(a) A death song.
(b) A curse on her tormentors.
(c) A war song.
(d) A Kiowa song calling for help.

3. What is the best word to describe the act Adolph performs by saying that Captain Kidd cannot leave Johanna with her aunt and uncle?
(a) Beg.
(b) Command.
(c) Order.
(d) Implore.

4. What does Captain Kidd give the old lady he and Johanna meet, in a gig, riding back toward Durand?
(a) Dimes for John Calley.
(b) A letter for her to post.
(c) A letter for the mill owner they stayed with.
(d) Money to pay for the chickens Johanna took.

5. What does Captain Kidd visit in the Plaza de Armas in San Antonio?
(a) His wife’s family’s offices.
(b) His old house.
(c) His barracks from his time in the army.
(d) His old printing shop.

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

7. 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.

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

9. What does Johanna do when the Captain stops at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Hide the wagon with brush.
(b) Cook breakfast.
(c) Lead the horses further from the road.
(d) Load the guns.

10. How much does Captain Kidd offer to park his wagon, and how much does he end up paying?
(a) One dollar; five dollars.
(b) 50 cents; one dollar.
(c) 15 cents; 50 cents.
(d) Five dollars; ten dollars.

11. How does the Captain discern that the figures crossing the river are Kiowa?
(a) By their sign language.
(b) By their vocabulary.
(c) By their dress.
(d) By their hair.

12. What does Captain Kidd say his daughter Elizabeth will enjoy, once she comes to San Antonio from the East?
(a) Tutoring Johanna.
(b) Clearing the title to the family land.
(c) Raising her kids in a city.
(d) Setting up a new printing shop for him.

13. What does Captain Kidd surmise from the fact that Almay and the Caddos are coming up single file on one side of the ravine?
(a) That they underestimate his defenses.
(b) That they are young.
(c) That they are in a hurry.
(d) That they are overconfident.

14. How does Almay refer to the bird shot Captain Kidd shoots at him?
(a) Dust.
(b) Ladies’ powder.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Cake decorations.

15. Where does Captain Kidd think the Horrell brothers’ mother must be?
(a) In a rich house.
(b) In the grave.
(c) In a busy office.
(d) In an asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John Calley go to collect the herds that make him a wealthy man?

2. What does Captain Kidd prepare for, as a contingency plan, after leaving the road up to Carlyle Springs?

3. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter the patrol in the road to Durand, how does Captain Kidd avoid answering the question put by the Captain, about who he voted for, for governor?

4. Which direction does Captain Kidd turn the Curative Waters wagon once he picks Johanna up again from her aunt and uncle's?

5. What range are Almay and the Caddos’ rifles good at in Chapter 11?

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