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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 was Johanna traded for, when she was brought in?
(a) A tin sheet stove.
(b) 15 blankets and some silverware.
(c) A Smith and Wesson pistol.
(d) $50 gold coin.

2. What does Captain Kidd try to tell Johanna as the cavalry platoon rides up in Chapter 5?
(a) “Be patient.”
(b) “Danger.”
(c) “Friend.”
(d) “Hide.”

3. What does Johanna overturn, in her resistance to being washed?
(a) A small stove.
(b) The wash tub.
(c) A desk.
(d) An oil lamp.

4. What does Captain Kidd see on Johanna’s face when he meets her?
(a) Dread.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Panic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Johanna made for supper, when Captain Kidd brings Simon and his girlfriend Doris Dillon back to the wagon from Spanish Fort?

2. How does the sign at Thurber’s print shop in Dallas describe the grounds of the office?

3. What does Captain Kidd do before he falls asleep at the end of Chapter 4?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Simon and Doris, and how do they help Captain Kidd with Johanna?

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

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

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

7. What is the town of Spanish Fort like?

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

9. What was it that made Captain Kidd want to be a news reader?

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

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