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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 the worst of the damage suffered by the Captain’s part, after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
(a) Pasha’s lame leg.
(b) His cut eye.
(c) The wagon’s thrown tie rod.
(d) Johanna’s injured hand.

2. How does Captain Kidd refer to the Daily State Journal?
(a) Lies.
(b) Rumor.
(c) Misinformed opinion.
(d) Propaganda.

3. What smell does Captain Kidd remember as he and Johanna descend into the country around Resaca de la Palma?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) Cannon smoke.
(c) Festival smells of cooking.
(d) Dead bodies.

4. What is Captain Kidd concerned with, as he descends from Carlyle Springs?
(a) Fancy’s shoes.
(b) The brakes on the wagon.
(c) The iron wheel on the wagon.
(d) His bleeding wound.

5. What does Captain Kidd think about doing, as a last ditch measure, to keep Almay from taking Johanna?
(a) Hiding her in a cave.
(b) Going on a suicide mission to buy her time to flee.
(c) Burning the woods.
(d) Killing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the Horrell brothers attired?

2. How does Captain Kidd characterize the white man’s world he wants to protect Johanna in?

3. What does Captain Kidd give the old lady he and Johanna meet, in a gig, riding back toward Durand?

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

5. What does Captain Kidd look for in the tight spirals of buzzards?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the battle with Almay and the Caddos, what does Captain Kidd tell himself the meaning of life is?

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

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

5. Who are the four men Captain Kidd and Johanna meet on the road to Lampasas, and what warning do they give Captain Kidd and Johanna?

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

7. Why is Captain Kidd cautious about reading from the Inquirer?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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