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

3. 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.

4. What does Captain Kidd notice about the Durand crowd, out of the corner of his eye?
(a) How angry they are.
(b) Who their leaders are.
(c) How bored they are.
(d) How polarized they are.

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

6. 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) Implore.
(b) Beg.
(c) Command.
(d) Order.

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

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

9. What does Johanna call Captain Kidd when he is about to give her away in marriage?
(a) Her curative waters.
(b) Her only family member.
(c) Her savior.
(d) Her faithful messenger.

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

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

12. What is it that causes Johanna to start weeping about her future life?
(a) Mrs. Gannet tells her what kind of work she will have to do.
(b) Captain Kidd tells her he will not need her to collect dimes at his talks any more.
(c) Captain Kidd describes the house she will live in.
(d) John Calley offers to save her.

13. What is Captain Kidd thinking when he heads up to Carlyle Springs?
(a) Seize the high ground.
(b) Get under cover.
(c) Faster, faster.
(d) Don’t leave tracks.

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

15. 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 he wanted to go to sea.
(b) Because he wanted to join the army.
(c) Because they worked him like a Turk.
(d) Because he wanted to start his own farm.