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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd characterize the white man’s world he wants to protect Johanna in?
(a) Side-ways and inside-out.
(b) Mechanized and cruel.
(c) Cross-grained and contentious.
(d) Upside-down and topsy-turvy.

2. What are Quakers associated with, on the Texas frontier?
(a) Women’s suffrage.
(b) The Peace Policy of Indian settlements.
(c) Negro suffrage.
(d) Reconstruction.

3. What does the narrator say the Kiowa prided themselves on?
(a) Their fierceness in battle.
(b) Their ability to live without things.
(c) Their compliance with white men’s laws.
(d) Their agricultural accomplishments.

4. How far is Captain Kidd planning to travel with Johanna, as they set out in Chapter 2?
(a) 1,000 miles.
(b) 600 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 400 miles.

5. What is Britt Johnson’s profession?
(a) Freighter.
(b) Printer.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Tavern keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Kidd thinking when he heads up to Carlyle Springs?

2. How far are Captain Kidd and Johanna from the Brazos River when they pull off for Carlyle Springs at daybreak after leaving Dallas?

3. What do the Horrell brothers say is their claim to fame?

4. When did the Battle of Horseshoe Bend take place?

5. What does Johanna hear on the way out of Dallas, which seems like an omen?

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