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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Johanna made for supper, when Captain Kidd brings Simon and his girlfriend Doris Dillon back to the wagon from Spanish Fort?

2. In Chapter 4, what does Johanna expect to have to do?

3. What sign language sign does Johanna make when Captain Kidd pulls the stove out of the wagon?

4. Where does Captain Kidd give his reading in Spanish Fort in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Johanna seek comfort in Chapter 4 when Captain Kidd settles in for the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Miss Dillon say that Johanna resembles the doll she gives her?

2. What kind of challenge does Captain Kidd have, in teaching Johanna to use a knife and fork?

3. Why does the narrator say that there is no Kiowa word for thank you?

4. How did Britt Johnson come to be responsible for Johanna?

5. Who is Almay and what proposition does he make to Captain Kidd?

6. What arrangements does Captain Kidd for Johanna make when he arrives in Dallas?

7. What arrangements is Captain Kidd making in his letter to his daughters?

8. How does the narrator characterize the political situation in Texas while Captain Kidd and Johanna are making their trip?

9. What is the town of Spanish Fort like?

10. How is Johanna saved from being left with Simon and Miss Dillon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the most important plot points in News of the World. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

Essay Topic 3

Where do you see the story line of News of the World taking place in today’s culture? Are there parallels between Captain Kidd and Johanna and people today? What is the closest film or book or news story to the events represented here? How has the story changed? How has it remained the same?

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