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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the people argue about, when they disrupt Captain Kidd’s reading in Durand?
(a) Governor Davis’ corruption.
(b) The importance of the Civil War.
(c) The end of military rule in Texas.
(d) The state of the economy.

3. What is the state of Captain Kidd’s nerves after descending from the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Preternaturally calm.
(b) Sluggish and heavy.
(c) Jumpy and distracted.
(d) Super alert.

4. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Durand, in addition to local Texas politics?
(a) Flood levels in Texas rivers.
(b) Census in India.
(c) Negro suffrage.
(d) Flooding in Pennsylvania.

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

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

7. Why does Adolph the messenger say that Wilhelm and Anna will not likely adopt Johanna legally?
(a) They intend to marry her off as soon as possible.
(b) They would be responsible for providing a dowry.
(c) They cannot afford the legal filing fees.
(d) They want to give her a trial period first.

8. 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) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

9. How does Captain Kidd characterize the act of delivering Johanna over to her relatives, after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Abandoning her to them.
(b) Bringing her home.
(c) Handing her over.
(d) Losing her to them.

10. Who guards Captain Kidd and Johanna through the night outside of Lampasas?
(a) The cowboys they met in the road.
(b) The Horrell brothers.
(c) Simon Boudlin.
(d) John Calley.

11. 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.

12. 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 company.
(c) Their skin color.
(d) Their race.

13. 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.

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

15. 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) Overcharging him for supplies.
(d) The rudeness of his townsmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Indian Wars against the Kiowa end?

2. What does Captain Kidd think about doing, as a last ditch measure, to keep Almay from taking Johanna?

3. Who were the “two major combatants” in the fight that breaks out during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?

4. What does Captain Kidd give the old lady he and Johanna meet, in a gig, riding back toward Durand?

5. How does Almay refer to the bird shot Captain Kidd shoots at him?

(see the answer keys)

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