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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. How far off is Almay when Captain Kidd shoots him with the dimes?
(a) 20 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 50 yards.
(d) 100 yards.

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

3. What range are Almay and the Caddos’ rifles good at in Chapter 11?
(a) 300 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 500 yards.
(d) 1,000 yards.

4. In Chapter 15, what does Captain Kidd say people always want to hear from travelers?
(a) The condition of the roads.
(b) The state of the economy in other counties.
(c) What the crops are like in other towns.
(d) Whether there will be another war.

5. When do Captain Kidd and Johanna leave Lampasas?
(a) Before daylight.
(b) High noon.
(c) Middle of the night.
(d) Mid morning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What smell does Captain Kidd remember as he and Johanna descend into the country around Resaca de la Palma?

4. Why does Captain Kidd say that he has to return Johanna to her relatives?

5. Where do Captain Kidd and Johanna take shelter when they stop for the night in the hill country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What uproar does Johanna cause near the river with the stave mill, and how does she react when the uproar is settled?

2. Why does the sight of the chickens Johanna took from the stave mill make Captain Kidd cry?

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

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

5. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna turn the tides of the battle Carlyle Springs?

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

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

8. What disadvantages is Captain Kidd under, as he conducts this fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?

9. Where does Captain Kidd take shelter in his flight from Almay?

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

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