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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Johanna injure one of the Caddos with Almay?
(a) She rolls a boulder down the ravine.
(b) She throws a stone at him.
(c) She stabs him with a knife.
(d) She scalds him with water from the kettle.

2. Where did Captain Kidd’s wife’s people come to America from?
(a) Canary Islands.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

3. What does Captain Kidd look for in the tight spirals of buzzards?
(a) Signs of other travelers.
(b) Signs of a dead body nearby.
(c) Signs of water.
(d) Signs of game nearby.

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

5. Who comes to eat out of the horses’ food as Captain Kidd and Johanna travel through the hill country?
(a) A ring-tail cat.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A jackrabbit.
(d) An armadillo.

6. What does John Calley apologize to Captain Kidd for, as he helps him collect the dimes that were spilled by the fighting during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?
(a) Taking money from him on the road.
(b) Turning him away from his hotel.
(c) The rudeness of his townsmen.
(d) Overcharging him for supplies.

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

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

9. When do Captain Kidd and Johanna leave Lampasas?
(a) Mid morning.
(b) Middle of the night.
(c) High noon.
(d) Before daylight.

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

11. What is Captain Kidd concerned with, as he descends from Carlyle Springs?
(a) Fancy’s shoes.
(b) The iron wheel on the wagon.
(c) His bleeding wound.
(d) The brakes on the wagon.

12. What does the narrator say the Kiowa valued about life?
(a) Status.
(b) Power.
(c) Religion.
(d) Courage.

13. What danger awaits Captain Kidd and Johanna in the hill country?
(a) Breakdowns from rough terrain.
(b) Possible raiders.
(c) Feuding families.
(d) Lack of water or provisions.

14. Who is the author of the quote Captain Kidd quotes to John Calley, that the laws should be publicized openly, and apply equally to king and peasant?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Hammurabi.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Caesar.

15. What does Captain Kidd say we are supposed to do with the message we carry through life?
(a) Hand it over, unsealed, at the end.
(b) Find the destination to take it to.
(c) Read it and understand it.
(d) Understand it and spread it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far is one of the Caddos, when Captain Kidd realizes that Johanna is suggesting he pack the shotgun shells with dimes?

3. What is the worst of the damage suffered by the Captain’s part, after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?

4. In Chapter 20, what does Wilhelm say Johanna must learn again?

5. What do the people argue about, when they disrupt Captain Kidd’s reading in Durand?

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