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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Kidd thinking about as he and Almay negotiate about Johanna?

2. Why does the desk clerk in the Dallas hotel speak so dramatically?

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

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

5. Why are two soldiers guarding the door at Captain Kidd’s reading in Dallas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Britt Johnson hesitant to take Johanna to San Antonio himself?

2. What is the town of Spanish Fort like?

3. What is Captain Kidd’s approach to reading local news?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is it that gets a reaction out of Johanna in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the most important plot points in News of the World. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

Essay Topic 2

What topics would you like to research further, after reading News of the World. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on News of the World.

Essay Topic 3

Would you recommend News of the World? For what purposes would you recommend News of the World, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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