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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 does Captain Kidd give the old lady he and Johanna meet, in a gig, riding back toward Durand?
(a) Dimes for John Calley.
(b) A letter for the mill owner they stayed with.
(c) A letter for her to post.
(d) Money to pay for the chickens Johanna took.

2. What does the U.S. Army Sergeant do, when the people of Durand start to fight during Captain Kidd’s reading?
(a) Calls for backup.
(b) Withdraws.
(c) Intervenes in the fights.
(d) Watches without doing anything.

3. What do the Horrell brothers say is their claim to fame?
(a) Instituting the law.
(b) Killing buffalo.
(c) Killing Mexicans.
(d) Running huge herds of cattle.

4. What does Captain Kidd say about other people’s cultures, when he cannot tell whether to give Johanna a kiss on the cheek?
(a) That they are minefields.
(b) That they require initiation.
(c) That they are inscrutable books.
(d) That they are secret.

5. Why does Captain Kidd say that he has to return Johanna to her relatives?
(a) Because he was only doing a job, and her welfare is not his job any longer.
(b) Because he is only responsible for himself and his own people.
(c) Because cruelty is the law of the country and he cannot change that.
(d) Because he took money and it would be robbery if he did not.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Captain Kidd and Johanna encounter a patrol in the road to Durand, one of the men is Native American; what does Johanna say Native Americans look at, when evaluating a person?

2. Where do Captain Kidd and Johanna stay in Cranfills Gap?

3. What do the people argue about, when they disrupt Captain Kidd’s reading in Durand?

4. What is Captain Kidd’s plan if they were victim to raiders?

5. When do Captain Kidd and Johanna leave Lampasas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel speed up after the fight in Durand?

2. What disadvantages is Captain Kidd under, as he conducts this fire fight with Almay and the Caddos?

3. How does the Curative Waters wagon’s tire become a symbol for Johanna’s arrival with her family, and departure from Captain Kidd’s life?

4. Where does Captain Kidd take shelter in his flight from Almay?

5. How does Captain Kidd reunite with Johanna, and how does she leave Anna and Wilhelm?

6. What do the Horrell brothers consider they ought to be famous for?

7. What does Captain Kidd tell us about other returned captives, and what are his apprehensions about Johanna?

8. Who are the four men Captain Kidd and Johanna meet on the road to Lampasas, and what warning do they give Captain Kidd and Johanna?

9. How does the narrator explain Johanna’s way of valuing things?

10. How does Johanna save Captain Kidd’s life when they are passing through the hill country to Fredericksburg?

(see the answer keys)

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