News of the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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News of the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the other, “celestial” voice inside Captain Kidd answer, when he worries about the girl (74)?
(a) “Then do it again.”
(b) “Well you can’t go back on your word.”
(c) “Then pay close attention.”
(d) “You already took the money.”

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

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

5. 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 bard owl.
(d) A hawk.

6. What does Captain Kidd feel compelled to do, when Almay offers him money for Johanna?
(a) Call the soldiers who were attending the reading.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Run.
(d) Accept his offer.

7. What does Captain Kidd learn Johanna knows how to do, after the meeting with the cavalry in Chapter 5?
(a) Load the Smith and Wesson pistol.
(b) Skin a rabbit.
(c) Handle a shotgun.
(d) Take the safety off the Smith and Wesson pistol.

8. What sign language sign does Johanna make when Captain Kidd pulls the stove out of the wagon?
(a) Eat.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Matches.
(d) Fire.

9. How does Captain Kidd know that the Native men with Almay are Caddos?
(a) Their face paint.
(b) Their round head-dresses.
(c) Their robes.
(d) Their blunt-cut hair.

10. Where are Captain Kidd’s daughters, as he writes to them from the Dallas hotel?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Tennessee.

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

12. How does Captain Kidd characterize white people’s faces?
(a) Sensitive and over-responsive.
(b) Duplicitous and hidden.
(c) Open and unguarded.
(d) Disingenuous and two-faced.

13. By what light does Captain Kidd find Johanna in Chapter 7?
(a) Candle light.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Lamp light.
(d) Lightning.

14. How does Captain Kidd finish Simon’s sentence when Simon says “you have taken on a heavy load” (54)?
(a) “You’re a good man.”
(b) “For an old man, you mean.”
(c) “And I don’t think you can carry it.”
(d) “But you’re strong enough for this.”

15. Who were Jefferson Kyle Kidd’s men fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
(a) Seminole Indians.
(b) Union soldiers.
(c) Muskogee Creek Indians.
(d) Mexican army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Johanna’s native clothing?

2. What gift does Doris give Johanna?

3. What did Sergeant Kidd enjoy about being a messenger?

4. How do Captain Kidd and Simon and Doris know which way Johanna went when she runs off in Chapter 7?

5. What does Captain Kidd start off with, in his readings in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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