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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 dance does Johanna do in the wagon, as she and Captain Kidd make their way south from Cranfills Gap?
(a) Cicada dance.
(b) Sun dance.
(c) Grass dance.
(d) Rabbit Dance.

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

3. How many Horrell brothers are there?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. What measure does Captain Kidd take, as they enter into the dangerous hill country?
(a) He abandons the Curative Waters wagon.
(b) He rides ahead on the bay horse Pasha.
(c) He loads the guns and keeps them across his lap.
(d) He mutes the iron wheels with leather.

5. What does Johanna do when the Captain stops at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Lead the horses further from the road.
(b) Load the guns.
(c) Hide the wagon with brush.
(d) Cook breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say Almay’s face looked like it had been printed with in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 20, what does Wilhelm say Johanna must learn again?

5. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter the patrol in the road to Durand, how does Captain Kidd avoid answering the question put by the Captain, about who he voted for, for governor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that divides the crowd Captain Kidd reads to in the mercantile in Durand?

2. What kind of appearance do the Horrell brothers make before Captain Kidd and Johanna?

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

4. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna celebrate their victory over Almay and the Caddos?

5. What does Captain Kidd tell us about other returned captives, and what are his apprehensions about Johanna?

6. What danger do Captain Kidd and Johanna face in the hill country south of Lampasas?

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

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

9. What does Captain Kidd do now that he has returned Johanna to her family?

10. What do the Horrell brothers consider they ought to be famous for?

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