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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which direction does Captain Kidd turn the Curative Waters wagon once he picks Johanna up again from her aunt and uncle's?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

2. What does Captain Kidd think Merrit Horrell’s hair looks like it has been combed with?
(a) A rake.
(b) An iron skillet.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A broom.

3. Where does Captain Kidd make arrangements to read the news in Durand?
(a) In a Masons hall.
(b) In a mercantile.
(c) In a field.
(d) In the grange hall.

4. How does Captain Kidd know that he and Johanna are under attack?
(a) The dirt at their feet is kicked up by bullets.
(b) The stove erupts with a bullet shot.
(c) The leaves overhead are torn by bullets.
(d) The wagon rocks with bullets.

5. What does the U.S. Army Sergeant do, when the people of Durand start to fight during Captain Kidd’s reading?
(a) Calls for backup.
(b) Watches without doing anything.
(c) Intervenes in the fights.
(d) Withdraws.

6. Where does Johanna sleep, for her first night back with her aunt and uncle?
(a) In a bed.
(b) In the Curative Waters wagon.
(c) On a plank.
(d) On the floor.

7. 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?
(a) He says he was not in the state at the time.
(b) He says he is offended.
(c) He pretends not to have heard.
(d) He claims not to speak English.

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

9. In Chapter 20, what does Wilhelm say Johanna must learn again?
(a) To pray.
(b) English.
(c) Numbers.
(d) To work.

10. What had Captain Kidd been doing when he met his wife?
(a) Preparing to move to Texas.
(b) Setting up his print shop.
(c) Returningfrom war.
(d) Healing from injuries he got in war.

11. What is the worst of the damage suffered by the Captain’s part, after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) His cut eye.
(b) Johanna’s injured hand.
(c) The wagon’s thrown tie rod.
(d) Pasha’s lame leg.

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

13. How far is one of the Caddos, when Captain Kidd realizes that Johanna is suggesting he pack the shotgun shells with dimes?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 50 yards.
(d) 150 yards.

14. 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 are overconfident.
(b) That they underestimate his defenses.
(c) That they are in a hurry.
(d) That they are young.

15. What do the Horrell brothers say is their claim to fame?
(a) Killing Mexicans.
(b) Killing buffalo.
(c) Instituting the law.
(d) Running huge herds of cattle.

Short Answer 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?

2. How are the Horrell brothers attired?

3. When do Captain Kidd and Johanna leave Lampasas?

4. Where did Captain Kidd’s wife’s people come to America from?

5. How does the Captain discern that the figures crossing the river are Kiowa?

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