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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Johanna yell to the Kiowa Indians across the river in Chapter 7?
(a) “Can you help me?”
(b) “Rescue me.”
(c) “Run.”
(d) “Where is my mother?”

2. What does the Captain say he was nervous about, for the first two days with Johanna?
(a) That she would kill him.
(b) That she would be stolen.
(c) That someone would steal the $50 coin.
(d) That he would get lost.

3. What circumstance allowed Johanna to slip away while Captain Kidd read the news in Chapter 7?
(a) Johanna set the canopy on fire as a distraction.
(b) There was confusion about a loose horse.
(c) She said she was going to the outhouse.
(d) Simon and Doris fell asleep.

4. What sign language sign does Johanna give Captain Kidd after the cavalry platoon has left in Chapter 5?
(a) “Friend.”
(b) “Free.”
(c) “Hungry.”
(d) “Thank you.”

5. What is Johanna doing in the hotel room when Captain Kidd gets back with Mrs. Gannet in Chapter 9?
(a) Sitting still, rocking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Playing with her doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Captain Kidd say this celestial voice in Chapter 8 resembles?

2. What was Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s wife Maria Luisa Betancourt y Real doing when he first saw her?

3. What is Captain Kidd thinking about as he and Almay negotiate about Johanna?

4. What does Captain Kidd try to tell Johanna as the cavalry platoon rides up in Chapter 5?

5. Who were Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s men fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the political situation in Texas while Captain Kidd and Johanna are making their trip?

2. How does the Miss Dillon say that Johanna resembles the doll she gives her?

3. How did Britt Johnson come to be responsible for Johanna?

4. How does Captain Kidd get Johanna out of her Kiowa dress and into western clothes?

5. What arrangements does Captain Kidd for Johanna make when he arrives in Dallas?

6. How does Johanna handle her first introduction to the hotel in Dallas?

7. What kind of challenge does Captain Kidd have, in teaching Johanna to use a knife and fork?

8. How does Captain Kidd settle his own doubts about whether he can take care of Johanna?

9. What is the town of Spanish Fort like?

10. What is Captain Kidd’s approach to reading local news?

(see the answer keys)

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