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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 danger awaits Captain Kidd and Johanna in the hill country?
2. How many Horrell brothers are there?
3. What does John Calley apologize to Captain Kidd for, as he helps him collect the dimes that were spilled by the fighting during Captain Kidd’s Durand reading?
4. How does Captain Kidd sleep after the shootout at Carlyle Springs?
5. Where does Johanna say she would like to return to?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the battle with Almay and the Caddos, what does Captain Kidd tell himself the meaning of life is?
2. How does Captain Kidd reunite with Johanna, and how does she leave Anna and Wilhelm?
3. How do Almay and the Caddos approach Captain Kidd, and how does this work in Captain Kidd’s favor?
4. How does Captain Kidd justify his refusal to read local news from Daily State Journal?
5. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna turn the tides of the battle Carlyle Springs?
6. What do the Horrell brothers consider they ought to be famous for?
7. How is Captain Kidd injured in his fight with Almay and Caddos, and how does his injury affect him?
8. How does Johanna react to her return to family?
9. How does the narrator explain Johanna’s way of valuing things?
10. 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?
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
Write an evaluative review of News of the World. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
The cultural territory between Native American and white Americans has always been both tense, in a military sense, and fertile, in a cultural sense, as Native Americans have occupied a symbolic place in America’s sense of its identity as a country. How does Paulette Jiles locate her historical novel in that longer history? Is she prone to romanticizing Native Americans, or does she depict Native American culture in realistic and nuanced terms?
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