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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets Flashman the job with Captain Spring?
(a) Flashman's uncle.
(b) Captain Spring's wife.
(c) Captain Spring's daughter.
(d) Flashman's father-in-law.

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

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

4. What begins to drive Flashman crazy while on the trip?
(a) Susie's incessent chatter.
(b) Wootton.
(c) The Immigrants.
(d) The endless prairie.

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

6. 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 stay behind for an extra $100.
(d) Flashman proposes that Wootton takes charge for an extra $100 a week.

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

8. What disgusts Flashman after the raid?
(a) That they are raping their victims.
(b) That they are scalping their vicitims.
(c) That a man assaults a woman in public.
(d) That they killed women and children.

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

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

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

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

13. What happens after the caravans come in contact with the stricken natives?
(a) One person in the caravan gets sick.
(b) Over half the people in the caravan get sick.
(c) They are lucky because no one falls ill.
(d) Four people in the caravan get sick.

14. What do these other caravans consist of?
(a) Immigrants and invalids.
(b) The Pittsburg Pirates, immigrant families, clerks & laborers and "invalids".
(c) Immigrants and laborers.
(d) The Pittsburg Pirates and invalids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the raid with Gallantin's men, how does Flashman deal with his "designated" woman?

2. What does Flashman learn about the group that rebelled?

3. What name does Susie know Flashman as?

4. What does Captain Spring do for a living?

5. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?

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