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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flashman do that leads to rebellion?
(a) He lowers the food rations.
(b) He abandons the caravan.
(c) He takes the Cimarron Road.
(d) He decides to head back to Council Grove.

2. What agreement does Flashman come to with Wootton?
(a) Flashman doesn't come to any agreements with Wootton. They don't talk that much.
(b) Flashman proposes that Wootton let it look like Flashman is in charge for an extra $100 a week.
(c) Flashman proposes that Wootton takes charge for an extra $100 a week.
(d) Flashman proposes that Wootton stay behind for an extra $100.

3. As Flashman and Wootton are eating buffalo, what frightens Flashman?
(a) They see a Native American war party.
(b) Nothing, Flashman remains blissfully ignorant.
(c) Three Native Americans who sneak up on them.
(d) Wootton frightens Flashman a bit.

4. What does Flashman say he can feel aboard the steamship?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) The turbulent river.
(d) Nervousness.

5. What does Flashman and his party find when they reach Bent's Fort?
(a) That it is abandoned.
(b) That it has been blown up.
(c) That it has been taken over by Native Americans.
(d) That everyone has been killed.

6. Which of Susie's girls does Flashman notice in particular?
(a) Aphrodite and Cleonie.
(b) Aphrodite and Poppaea
(c) He doesn't notice them--he's in love with Susie.
(d) Poppaea and Cleonie.

7. How does Nugent-Hare consider getting even with Flashman?
(a) He considers going back to Susie and taking over as man of the house.
(b) He considers injuring him.
(c) He considers killing him and making it look like an accident.
(d) He considers telling Susie who the real Flashman is.

8. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare do after he is hired?
(a) He sleeps with Susie.
(b) He sleeps with Cleonie.
(c) He steals $2,000 from Susie and leaves.
(d) He is thankful and is very diligent at his job.

9. How does Flashman react to Susie's solution to get him out of New Orleans?
(a) He is surprised, but he's also happy to be with Susie.
(b) He is surprised, but also angry at Susie for deceiving him.
(c) He is surprised, but feins awe and love.
(d) He tries to escape from Susie's.

10. What does Flashman say he has always been good with?
(a) Women.
(b) Politics.
(c) Langauges.
(d) War.

11. Who is the Chief-Guard of the expedition?
(a) Wootton.
(b) Flashman.
(c) Grattan Nugent-Hare.
(d) Wild Bill.

12. How does Susie get rid of Captain Spring?
(a) She drugs him and has him put on a ship to Africa.
(b) She turns him in to the police.
(c) She doesn't get rid of him.
(d) She seduces him and then tells Flashman who kicks him out.

13. How many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

14. Who does Wootton introduce Flashman to?
(a) Wild Bill.
(b) Spotted Tail, a Sioux.
(c) John Wayne.
(d) Gironimo.

15. How does Susie threaten her girls?
(a) She threatens to leave them behind.
(b) She threatens to beat them.
(c) She threatens to sell them.
(d) She threatens to fire them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare notice about Flashman when he meets him again?

2. Shortly after Flashman joins them, who do Gallantin and his men seek revenge on, and for what?

3. Who tells Flashman that all of Susie's girls know about his first tryst?

4. What does Flashman do with Cleonie as he is leaving Santa Fe?

5. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?

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