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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 overturn, in her resistance to being washed?
(a) A desk.
(b) A small stove.
(c) The wash tub.
(d) An oil lamp.

2. What does Captain Kidd learn Johanna knows how to do, after the meeting with the cavalry in Chapter 5?
(a) Handle a shotgun.
(b) Take the safety off the Smith and Wesson pistol.
(c) Skin a rabbit.
(d) Load the Smith and Wesson pistol.

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

4. Which river are Britt Johnson and his boys about to cross, when they are leaving Wichita Falls?
(a) The Lampasas River.
(b) The Brazos River.
(c) The Red River.
(d) The Little Wichita.

5. What does Captain Kidd say he appreciates about the way Kiowa Indians carry themselves?
(a) Their kinetic stillness.
(b) Their electric readiness.
(c) Their vital energy.
(d) Their impassive patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the next town Captain Kidd and Johanna are heading toward, once the cross through the Cross Timbers?

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

3. In Chapter 7, how do the Kiowa Indians across the river from Johanna respond?

4. Why does Captain Kidd read news of discoveries in electromagnetism to the crowd in Wichita Falls?

5. What is Captain Kidd’s feeling, in Chapter 6, about bringing Johanna back to civilization?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Johanna saved from being left with Simon and Miss Dillon?

3. What is Captain Kidd’s uniform for his news reading performances?

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

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

6. What does Britt Johnson give Captain Kidd when he is about to leave from Wichita Falls?

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Gannet fare, taking care of Johanna in the hotel room?

10. What Jefferson Kidd’s experience at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

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