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

2. What is Captain Kidd’s plan if they were victim to raiders?
(a) Abandon the wagon and make a run for it on Pasha.
(b) Take cover in a steep canyon and wait for help.
(c) Bargain with the raiders.
(d) Fight it out with dimes in the shotgun.

3. What is the state of Captain Kidd’s nerves after descending from the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Preternaturally calm.
(b) Jumpy and distracted.
(c) Super alert.
(d) Sluggish and heavy.

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

5. How does Captain Kidd know that he and Johanna are under attack?
(a) The leaves overhead are torn by bullets.
(b) The stove erupts with a bullet shot.
(c) The wagon rocks with bullets.
(d) The dirt at their feet is kicked up by bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Captain Kidd and Johanna leave Lampasas?

2. What does Captain Kidd prepare for, as a contingency plan, after leaving the road up to Carlyle Springs?

3. What does Captain Kidd say his daughter Elizabeth will enjoy, once she comes to San Antonio from the East?

4. What does Captain Kidd think about doing, as a last ditch measure, to keep Almay from taking Johanna?

5. What measure does Captain Kidd take, as they enter into the dangerous hill country?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Wilhelm and Anna expect to bring Johanna back into the routine of civilized life?

2. How does Johanna save Captain Kidd’s life when they are passing through the hill country to Fredericksburg?

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

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

5. How is Captain Kidd injured in his fight with Almay and Caddos, and how does his injury affect him?

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

7. How does the Curative Waters wagon’s tire become a symbol for Johanna’s arrival with her family, and departure from Captain Kidd’s life?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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