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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Kidd say about other people’s cultures, when he cannot tell whether to give Johanna a kiss on the cheek?
(a) That they are secret.
(b) That they are minefields.
(c) That they are inscrutable books.
(d) That they require initiation.

2. What does Captain Kidd do before he falls asleep at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Drinks whiskey.
(b) Sings.
(c) Smokes.
(d) Prays.

3. How does the sign at Thurber’s print shop in Dallas describe the grounds of the office?
(a) Wilderness.
(b) Sacred ground.
(c) Civilized land.
(d) No man’s land.

4. In Chapter 7, how do the Kiowa Indians across the river from Johanna respond?
(a) They prepare a raft.
(b) They send a swimmer into the current.
(c) They drift away.
(d) They shoot at her.

5. What range are Almay and the Caddos’ rifles good at in Chapter 11?
(a) 500 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 1,000 yards.
(d) 300 yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which river are Britt Johnson and his boys about to cross, when they are leaving Wichita Falls?

2. What topic does Captain Kidd avoid reading about in Dallas?

3. What ordeal does Doris say Johanna has been through?

4. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter a patrol in the road to Durand, one of the men is Native American; what does Johanna say Native Americans look at, when evaluating a person?

5. What does Johanna think about while the outraged woman scolds her about “modesty while bathing” (139)?

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