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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. When does News of the World begin?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1848.

2. What is Captain Kidd overwhelmed with, when he watches Johanna trying to eat with a fork?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Irritation.
(c) Pity.
(d) Impatience.

3. How does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel characterize Johanna’s actions?
(a) Operatic.
(b) Spectral.
(c) Timid.
(d) Disembodied.

4. Where does Captain Kidd give his reading in Spanish Fort in Chapter 6?
(a) Town hall.
(b) Masonic lodge.
(c) Grange hall.
(d) Mercantile shop.

5. Where did the Curative Waters wagon Captain Kidd buys originally come from?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Houston.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Antonio.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Battle of Horseshoe Bend take place?

2. How does Captain Kidd finish Simon’s sentence when Simon says “you have taken on a heavy load” (54)?

3. Why does Captain Kidd realize he has not offered his attentions to Mrs. Gannet, these past few years?

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

5. What does Johanna yell to the Kiowa Indians across the river in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of impression does Johanna’s appearance makes on Captain Kidd?

3. Where does Johanna run off to in Chapter 7, and how does Captain Kidd get her back?

4. Who are Simon and Doris, and how do they help Captain Kidd with Johanna?

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

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

7. Why does Captain Kidd show Johanna the weapons he carries, and what is her response?

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

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

10. What is the town of Spanish Fort like?

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