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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Gallantin's men kill two of their own men?
(a) Because they were traitors.
(b) Because they were weak.
(c) Because they were sympathetic to the Native Americans.
(d) Because they balked at the idea of scalping.

2. What does Susie ultimately decide to do after reaching Santa Fe?
(a) To head to San Francisco as soon as possible.
(b) She's not sure whether she wants to push forward or not.
(c) To head back to New Orleans.
(d) To stay in Santa Fe and set up her business there.

3. Who rejoins the caravan after the battle at Fort Bent is over?
(a) The Pittsburg Pirates.
(b) Spotted Tail.
(c) Wootton.
(d) Captain Spring.

4. Why does Flashman say that in St. Louis, you don't dare drink anything besides claret?
(a) Because in St. Louis, you want to be drunk all the time.
(b) Because of malaria.
(c) Because of small pox.
(d) Because of cholera.

5. Once Susie's girls' reputation is out, what do potential suitors begin to do?
(a) They begin to see that they don't like this business.
(b) They start to fall in love with the girls they are with.
(c) They grow bored with the girls.
(d) Many rich men come forward and offer to buy them outright.

6. Which Native American tribe does Flashman fear the most?
(a) The Souix.
(b) The Cheyenne.
(c) The Apache.
(d) The Navajo.

7. Where does Wootton finally lead the party?
(a) California.
(b) Council Grove.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Santa Fe.

8. After meeting Omohundro, why are Flashman and Spring on the run from the law?
(a) Because bar fighting is illegal.
(b) Because they didn't pay for their drinks.
(c) Because Spring killed Omohundro.
(d) Because Flashman killed Omohundro.

9. Upon closer inspection of Bent's Fort, what do Flashman and his party find?
(a) That it's so nice they'd like to stay there for a while.
(b) That it is very eerie.
(c) That it's crawling with cockroaches.
(d) That it is rigged to explode with a single spark.

10. What does Susie hire Grattan Nugent-Hare for?
(a) Her personal assistant.
(b) Security.
(c) She doesn't hire him, she dismisses him.
(d) Her personal body guard.

11. When the two best guides aren't available to take the party across the prairie, who does Susie deem worthy to lead?
(a) Flashman.
(b) No one.
(c) Herself.
(d) Wootton.

12. What language does Flashman begin to learn while riding with Wootton?
(a) Apache.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Spanish.

13. What does Flashman do to make himself cry?
(a) He doesn't cry.
(b) He thinks of Elspeth and his son in England.
(c) He purposefully runs his leg into one of Susie's dressing table pins to elicit pain.
(d) He burns himself with a cigar.

14. Why won't the girls tell Susie about Flashman's infidelity?
(a) Because they are afriad of getting sold.
(b) Because they don't want to hurt Susie.
(c) Because they all want to please Flashman.
(d) Because they don't really care.

15. What does Flashman do with Cleonie as he is leaving Santa Fe?
(a) He makes arrangements for her to escape slavery.
(b) He takes her away with him.
(c) He sells her to the Native Americans for $2,000.
(d) He makes her stay with Susie.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Fort Mann, what sickness are the Native American's suffering from?

2. What name does Susie know Flashman as?

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

4. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?

5. Which of Susie's girls does Flashman notice in particular?

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