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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. Where does Johanna sleep, for her first night back with her aunt and uncle?
(a) In the Curative Waters wagon.
(b) In a bed.
(c) On a plank.
(d) On the floor.

2. Who were the “two major combatants” in the fight that breaks out during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?
(a) A hotel owner and a school teacher.
(b) A soldier and a printer.
(c) A rancher and a farm hand.
(d) A broom mill owner and a farmer.

3. What is the best word to describe the act Adolph performs by saying that Captain Kidd cannot leave Johanna with her aunt and uncle?
(a) Command.
(b) Implore.
(c) Order.
(d) Beg.

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

5. Where does John Calley go to collect the herds that make him a wealthy man?
(a) Indian County.
(b) Hill country.
(c) Nueces strip.
(d) Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Adolph, the messenger who carried news of Captain Kidd’s arrival to Wilhelm and Anna’s house, tell Captain Kidd that Wilhelm and Anna’s nephew ran off?

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

4. What danger awaits Captain Kidd and Johanna in the hill country?

5. How does the Captain discern that the figures crossing the river are Kiowa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator explain Johanna’s way of valuing things?

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

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

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

7. How do Almay and the Caddos approach Captain Kidd, and how does this work in Captain Kidd’s favor?

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

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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