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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 is one of the Caddos, when Captain Kidd realizes that Johanna is suggesting he pack the shotgun shells with dimes?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 150 yards.
(c) 50 yards.
(d) 200 yards.

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) Who their leaders are.
(d) How bored they are.

3. How does Almay refer to the bird shot Captain Kidd shoots at him?
(a) Dust.
(b) Cake decorations.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Ladies’ powder.

4. How does Captain Kidd characterize the white man’s world he wants to protect Johanna in?
(a) Cross-grained and contentious.
(b) Upside-down and topsy-turvy.
(c) Side-ways and inside-out.
(d) Mechanized and cruel.

5. What does the narrator say Captain Kidd did at each place he read the news?
(a) Spread peace.
(b) Enriched people.
(c) Enriched time.
(d) Arrested time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Johanna’s reintegration into American culture?

2. What is Captain Kidd concerned with, as he descends from Carlyle Springs?

3. Where does Captain Kidd park the Curative Waters wagon when he reaches Durand?

4. How many Horrell brothers are there?

5. Where does Johanna take refuge, while she travels with the Captain into the hill country?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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