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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 does Captain Kidd visit in the Plaza de Armas in San Antonio?
2. Where does John Calley go to collect the herds that make him a wealthy man?
3. What does Captain Kidd look for in the tight spirals of buzzards?
4. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter the patrol in the road to Durand, how does Captain Kidd avoid answering the question put by the Captain, about who he voted for, for governor?
5. How are the Horrell brothers attired?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Captain Kidd’s first impression of Johanna’s aunt and uncle, Wilhelm and Anna Leonberger?
2. How do Almay and the Caddos approach Captain Kidd, and how does this work in Captain Kidd’s favor?
3. What kind of appearance do the Horrell brothers make before Captain Kidd and Johanna?
4. What does Captain Kidd do now that he has returned Johanna to her family?
5. How is Captain Kidd injured in his fight with Almay and Caddos, and how does his injury affect him?
6. What is the conversation that passes between Captain Kidd and Johanna on Johanna’s wedding day?
7. How does Captain Kidd reunite with Johanna, and how does she leave Anna and Wilhelm?
8. Why is Captain Kidd cautious about reading from the Inquirer?
9. After the battle with Almay and the Caddos, what does Captain Kidd tell himself the meaning of life is?
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
Evaluate the ending of News of the World. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?
Essay Topic 2
Time and again, Captain Kidd says that he just delivers the news, without knowing what he is delivering, although he also develops a strong bond with Johanna, which is centered on an unarticulated sympathy, affection and understanding between them. Are we, then, meant to take the final line of the novel, “He had a message to deliver, contents unknown” (209) as a summary of the book’s meaning—or is News of the World really a prescription for how to care for people, how to protect yourself and your people, and how to fill your life with the explicit meaning that comes from such acts?
Essay Topic 3
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered? How does the book regulate the tension between tense periods and climaxes?
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