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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Captain Kidd thinking about as he and Almay negotiate about Johanna?
(a) How much ammunition he has.
(b) Whether he can take refuge with friends.
(c) How fast the Caddos can travel.
(d) Where to hide.

2. What does Captain Kidd notice about the Durand crowd, out of the corner of his eye?
(a) Who their leaders are.
(b) How polarized they are.
(c) How bored they are.
(d) How angry they are.

3. Where does Captain Kidd give his reading in Spanish Fort in Chapter 6?
(a) Mercantile shop.
(b) Masonic lodge.
(c) Grange hall.
(d) Town hall.

4. What danger awaits Captain Kidd and Johanna in the hill country?
(a) Breakdowns from rough terrain.
(b) Feuding families.
(c) Lack of water or provisions.
(d) Possible raiders.

5. Why does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel speak so dramatically?
(a) He is a soldier.
(b) He is a town crier.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He is an actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd finish Simon’s sentence when Simon says “you have taken on a heavy load” (54)?

2. Where are Captain Kidd’s daughters, as he writes to them from the Dallas hotel?

3. What does Captain Kidd not have with him, when the cavalry Captain asks for it in Chapter 5?

4. What does Captain Kidd learn Johanna knows how to do, after the meeting with the cavalry in Chapter 5?

5. What does Captain Kidd feel compelled to do, when Almay offers him money for Johanna?

(see the answer key)

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