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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 armament does Captain Kidd determine Almay and the Caddos are carrying in Chapter 11?

2. How much does Captain Kidd offer to park his wagon, and how much does he end up paying?

3. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Durand, in addition to local Texas politics?

4. Where did the Indian Wars against the Kiowa end?

5. What range are Almay and the Caddos’ rifles good at in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What kind of appearance do the Horrell brothers make before Captain Kidd and Johanna?

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

5. What does Captain Kidd do now that he has returned Johanna to her family?

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 Captain Kidd and Johanna celebrate their victory over Almay and the Caddos?

8. How does Captain Kidd reunite with Johanna, and how does she leave Anna and Wilhelm?

9. What is the conversation that passes between Captain Kidd and Johanna on Johanna’s wedding day?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When is News of the World most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend News of the World? For what purposes would you recommend News of the World, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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