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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 is it that draws Captain Kidd’s blood during the fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?
(a) He is grazed. by a bullet.
(b) He bangs his head on the wagon.
(c) He falls on thorns.
(d) He is hit by splintered rock.

2. What does Captain Kidd think should be done to people who are “born unsupplied with a human conscience” (110)?
(a) They should be quarantined.
(b) They should be deported.
(c) They should be re-educated.
(d) They should be killed.

3. Who is the author of the quote Captain Kidd quotes to John Calley, that the laws should be publicized openly, and apply equally to king and peasant?
(a) Hammurabi.
(b) Caesar.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. What does the narrator say are the raiders’ favorite targets?
(a) Frontier towns.
(b) Single travelers.
(c) Government forts.
(d) Isolated farms.

5. What does Captain Kidd visit in the Plaza de Armas in San Antonio?
(a) His barracks from his time in the army.
(b) His old printing shop.
(c) His wife’s family’s offices.
(d) His old house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Durand, in addition to local Texas politics?

2. What does Captain Kidd leave Durand without buying?

3. Who do the Horrell brothers say might object to their methods of instituting law and order?

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

5. What is the state of Captain Kidd’s nerves after descending from the shootout at Carlyle Springs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd reunite with Johanna, and how does she leave Anna and Wilhelm?

2. What is Captain Kidd nervous about now that the Almay and the Caddos have been defeated?

3. What does Captain Kidd dream, after leaving Durand, and how do his dreams connect him to Johanna?

4. What is Captain Kidd’s first impression of Johanna’s aunt and uncle, Wilhelm and Anna Leonberger?

5. How do Almay and the Caddos approach Captain Kidd, and how does this work in Captain Kidd’s favor?

6. What is the conversation that passes between Captain Kidd and Johanna on Johanna’s wedding day?

7. Who helps Captain Kidd collect his dimes when the fight moves outside from the mercantile in Durand?

8. How does the novel speed up after the fight in Durand?

9. How does Johanna react to her return to family?

10. How does Captain Kidd justify his refusal to read local news from Daily State Journal?

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