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

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

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

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

5. What does the Captain say he was nervous about, for the first two days with Johanna?
(a) That someone would steal the $50 coin.
(b) That he would get lost.
(c) That she would kill him.
(d) That she would be stolen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Captain Kidd decline Doris’ offer to leave Johanna with her and Simon?

2. Why does Captain Kidd realize he has not offered his attentions to Mrs. Gannet, these past few years?

3. What is Johanna’s reaction when Captain Kidd shows her his weapons in Chapter 4?

4. Who wrestled Johanna out of her native clothes and into western dress?

5. What does Johanna yell to the Kiowa Indians across the river in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of impression does Johanna’s appearance makes on Captain Kidd?

2. Why is Johanna nervous when they encounter the army on the road in Chapter 5, and how does Captain Kidd take care of her?

3. Who is Almay and what proposition does he make to Captain Kidd?

4. How does the Miss Dillon say that Johanna resembles the doll she gives her?

5. How does Mrs. Gannet fare, taking care of Johanna in the hotel room?

6. Why does Captain Kidd show Johanna the weapons he carries, and what is her response?

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

8. What kind of wagon does Captain Kidd buy, to take Johanna back to Castroville in?

9. What does Captain Kidd like about the message corps?

10. What arrangements is Captain Kidd making in his letter to his daughters?

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