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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Spring do for a living?
(a) He's a gambler.
(b) He sails yachts for wealthy people.
(c) He runs an illegal slaving operation.
(d) He's a preacher.

2. Shortly after Flashman joins them, who do Gallantin and his men seek revenge on, and for what?
(a) The Souix for raiding a nearby hacienda.
(b) The Navajo for raiding a nearby hacienda.
(c) The Chumash for raiding a nearby hacienda.
(d) The Apaches for raiding a nearby hacienda.

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

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

5. Who does Flashman learn are Susie's spies?
(a) Aphrodite and Cleonie.
(b) Marie and Cleonie.
(c) Marie and Aphrodite.
(d) Stephanie and Marie.

6. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?
(a) That he was in love with Susie.
(b) That he'd been having an affair with Susie since Council Grove.
(c) That he'd known who Flashman was all along.
(d) That his name isn't really Nugent-Hare.

7. What happens to Flashman after the argument in the Traveler's Club?
(a) He gets thrown out of the club.
(b) Everyone decides to get another drink and be done with it.
(c) He decides to go home and sleep it off.
(d) He gets knocked out by an angry mob.

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

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

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

11. What does Cleonie ask Flashman after they've had sex during siesta?
(a) She asks him to take her with him when he abandons Susie.
(b) She asks if Flashman will divorce Susie and marry her.
(c) She asks Flashman if he has any children.
(d) She asks if Flashman loves her.

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

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

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

15. At Fort Mann, what sickness are the Native American's suffering from?
(a) Small Pox.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Flashman say he has always been good with?

3. Once aboard the steamship, what does Flashman notice about the other passengers?

4. After meeting Omohundro, why are Flashman and Spring on the run from the law?

5. How does Susie's method of getting rid of Spring sit with Flashman?

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