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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 armament does Captain Kidd determine Almay and the Caddos are carrying in Chapter 11?
(a) Two rifles and a handgun.
(b) Three rifles.
(c) Three handguns.
(d) One rifle and two handguns.

2. Who is the author of the quote Captain Kidd quotes to John Calley, that the laws should be publicized openly, and apply equally to king and peasant?
(a) Hammurabi.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Caesar.

3. Where does Johanna say she would like to return to?
(a) Indian country.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Spanish Fort.
(d) Wichita Falls.

4. What does the narrator say Almay’s face looked like it had been printed with in Chapter 12?
(a) Hyphens.
(b) Periods.
(c) Quotation marks.
(d) Question marks.

5. What does the narrator say about Johanna’s reintegration into American culture?
(a) She became her own person, neither American nor Kiowa.
(b) She was part American, part Kiowa.
(c) She remained a Kiowa all her days.
(d) She became an America through and through.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adolph, the messenger who carried news of Captain Kidd’s arrival to Wilhelm and Anna’s house, tell Captain Kidd that Wilhelm and Anna’s nephew ran off?

2. Where does Captain Kidd make arrangements to read the news in Durand?

3. What dance does Johanna do in the wagon, as she and Captain Kidd make their way south from Cranfills Gap?

4. What is it that causes Johanna to start weeping about her future life?

5. What does Captain Kidd notice about the Durand crowd, out of the corner of his eye?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the sight of the chickens Johanna took from the stave mill make Captain Kidd cry?

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

3. What is Captain Kidd’s first impression of Johanna’s aunt and uncle, Wilhelm and Anna Leonberger?

4. What is it that divides the crowd Captain Kidd reads to in the mercantile in Durand?

5. What is Captain Kidd nervous about now that the Almay and the Caddos have been defeated?

6. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna turn the tides of the battle Carlyle Springs?

7. How do Captain Kidd and Johanna celebrate their victory over Almay and the Caddos?

8. After the battle with Almay and the Caddos, what does Captain Kidd tell himself the meaning of life is?

9. How is Captain Kidd injured in his fight with Almay and Caddos, and how does his injury affect him?

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

(see the answer keys)

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