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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Mrs. Gannet’s anger about Almay’s proposal have on Captain Kidd?
(a) He is filled with protective rage.
(b) He is impatient with her histrionics.
(c) He is unmanned.
(d) He is smitten.

2. In which state did Captain Kidd fight the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What kind of gun is Captain Kidd armed with while he reads in Chapter 1?
(a) A Slocum revolver.
(b) A Smith and Wesson pistol.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A Henry rifle.

4. What does Mrs. Gannet offer Johanna in Chapter 9 to win her over?
(a) Bread.
(b) A doll.
(c) Candy.
(d) Roasted meat.

5. What does Captain Kidd wish he had with him as he enters a wooded area on the road in Chapter 5?
(a) His Slocum revolver.
(b) Britt Johnson.
(c) A dog.
(d) His daughters.

6. Whose voice does Captain Kidd say this celestial voice in Chapter 8 resembles?
(a) His own childhood self’s.
(b) His father’s.
(c) Britt Johnson’s.
(d) His general’s.

7. Where does Johanna seek comfort in Chapter 4 when Captain Kidd settles in for the night?
(a) In the footboards of the wagon.
(b) On foot.
(c) On horseback.
(d) In a serape.

8. What happens to Johanna’s native clothing?
(a) It is donated to a museum.
(b) It is thrown out a window.
(c) It is burned.
(d) She saves it in her pack.

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

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

11. When did the Battle of Horseshoe Bend take place?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1849.

12. What does Johanna hear on the way out of Dallas, which seems like an omen?
(a) A raven.
(b) A great horned owl.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A bard owl.

13. Where was Jefferson Kyle Kidd hit during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
(a) In the shoulder.
(b) In the foot.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the hip.

14. What does Johanna feel her clothes were designed to do?
(a) Humiliate her.
(b) Restrict her movements.
(c) Drain her power.
(d) Confine her heart.

15. What does Johanna yell to the Kiowa Indians across the river in Chapter 7?
(a) “Where is my mother?”
(b) “Run.”
(c) “Can you help me?”
(d) “Rescue me.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are two soldiers guarding the door at Captain Kidd’s reading in Dallas?

2. How old was Jefferson Kyle Kidd when he enlisted in the War of 1812?

3. What color ascot does Captain Kidd wear with his reading suit?

4. What direction will Captain Kidd be traveling with Johanna?

5. What is Captain Kidd overwhelmed with, when he watches Johanna trying to eat with a fork?

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