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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 are the Horrell brothers attired?
2. Where do Captain Kidd and Johanna stay in Cranfills Gap?
3. What is Captain Kidd thinking when he heads up to Carlyle Springs?
4. How far off is Almay when Captain Kidd shoots him with the dimes?
5. What does Johanna call Captain Kidd when he is about to give her away in marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Almay and the Caddos approach Captain Kidd, and how does this work in Captain Kidd’s favor?
2. After the battle with Almay and the Caddos, what does Captain Kidd tell himself the meaning of life is?
3. What do the Horrell brothers consider they ought to be famous for?
4. What does Captain Kidd tell us about other returned captives, and what are his apprehensions about Johanna?
5. What uproar does Johanna cause near the river with the stave mill, and how does she react when the uproar is settled?
6. 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?
7. What is the conversation that passes between Captain Kidd and Johanna on Johanna’s wedding day?
8. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna celebrate their victory over Almay and the Caddos?
9. How does Captain Kidd justify his refusal to read local news from Daily State Journal?
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
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?
Essay Topic 2
Research the history of returned captives in the American frontier, from Massachusetts and Maine to the west. What are the biggest difficulties returned captives encounter, and how does Jiles represent that experience in News of the World? Does she paint a fair portrait of this difficult transition?
Essay Topic 3
The frontier has always been attractive to Americans as a place where each person gets to make their own law, and there is not a single law or cultural authority. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the lawlessness of the frontier in News of the World? Who benefits by it, and who loses? What will it take for the frontier culture to transition to the culture Captain Kidd cites from Hammurabi, where the law is the same for king and peasant alike?
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