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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. How does Captain Kidd surprise the Mexican women washing clothes in Alazan Creek in San Antonio?
2. How does Almay refer to the bird shot Captain Kidd shoots at him?
3. What does Captain Kidd give the old lady he and Johanna meet, in a gig, riding back toward Durand?
4. What does the narrator say the Kiowa valued about life?
5. How much does Captain Kidd offer to park his wagon, and how much does he end up paying?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Curative Waters wagon’s tire become a symbol for Johanna’s arrival with her family, and departure from Captain Kidd’s life?
2. What uproar does Johanna cause near the river with the stave mill, and how does she react when the uproar is settled?
3. 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?
4. How does Captain Kidd justify his refusal to read local news from Daily State Journal?
5. What does Captain Kidd tell us about other returned captives, and what are his apprehensions about Johanna?
6. How does Johanna save Captain Kidd’s life when they are passing through the hill country to Fredericksburg?
7. What is the conversation that passes between Captain Kidd and Johanna on Johanna’s wedding day?
8. What is it that divides the crowd Captain Kidd reads to in the mercantile in Durand?
9. What disadvantages is Captain Kidd under, as he conducts this fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?
10. What is Captain Kidd nervous about now that the Almay and the Caddos have been defeated?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What topics would you like to research further, after reading News of the World. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on News of the World.
Essay Topic 2
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about her, based on the choices she makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 3
In the history of the American frontier, it was not so common for captives to be returned from the Native American tribes to the towns. It was much more common for whites to take Native Americans from their families and install them in residential schools where they were forced to forget their Native culture and language. How does Jiles’ novel act as a kind of connection with, and apology for, this other history, which is only touched tangentially? What emotions does Johanna’s story evoke, that are also connected to that other story?
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