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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Captain Kidd read news of discoveries in electromagnetism to the crowd in Wichita Falls?
(a) To make people worshipful.
(b) To distract people.
(c) To impress people.
(d) To bore people.

3. What does Captain Kidd own that is banned in Texas?
(a) A Bowie knife.
(b) Paper money.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A handgun.

4. What made Jefferson Kyle Kidd a good messenger?
(a) His little feet.
(b) His good eyesight.
(c) His small frame.
(d) His long frame.

5. What kind of tone does Captain Kidd take with Thurber, the printer?
(a) Snappish.
(b) Insulting.
(c) Cajoling.
(d) Conciliatory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the other, “celestial” voice inside Captain Kidd answer, when he worries about the girl (74)?

3. What sign language sign does Johanna give Captain Kidd after the cavalry platoon has left in Chapter 5?

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

5. What does Captain Kidd wish he had with him as he enters a wooded area on the road in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Captain Kidd get Johanna out of her Kiowa dress and into western clothes?

2. What does Britt Johnson give Captain Kidd when he is about to leave from Wichita Falls?

3. How is Johanna saved from being left with Simon and Miss Dillon?

4. How does the narrator characterize the political situation in Texas while Captain Kidd and Johanna are making their trip?

5. How did Britt Johnson come to be responsible for Johanna?

6. How does Johanna handle her first introduction to the hotel in Dallas?

7. What Jefferson Kidd’s experience at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

8. Where does Johanna run off to in Chapter 7, and how does Captain Kidd get her back?

9. How does Captain Kidd settle his own doubts about whether he can take care of Johanna?

10. Why does the narrator say that there is no Kiowa word for thank you?

(see the answer keys)

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