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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Flashman betrays the Apache in battle, what does he do?
(a) He panics and asks Sonsee-array to forgive him.
(b) He tries to commit suicide.
(c) He panics and hides in some nearby caves.
(d) He rides on the Jornada Del Muerto all night without any food or water.

2. How does Flashman betray the Apache?
(a) He tries to kill Geronimo.
(b) He tries to kill the chief.
(c) He shoots one of the Apache who was about to kill an infant.
(d) He cheats on Sonsee-array.

3. What does Grant ask Flashman as Flashman is leaving their meeting?
(a) He asks if Flashman is happy in the United States.
(b) He asks if Flashman would like to return to England.
(c) He asks if Flashman thinks Grant is doing a good job.
(d) He asks if he is the character in Tom Brown's School days.

4. In Part 2, what does Flashman say is beginning to anger even the most peaceful of Native Americans?
(a) Reservations.
(b) American values.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Cheating by agents.

5. What does Flashman lament upon seeing this woman in the restaurant in Washington D.C.?
(a) That she reminds him of Ko Dali's daughter.
(b) That she is married.
(c) That their ships are passing and they won't ever meet.
(d) That she is what Elspeth used to look like.

6. What does Flashman hear once Candy has returned to her cabin after they are intimate?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Silence.
(d) Sobbing.

7. Who is Flashman amazed to meet during dinner at the Grand Pacific?
(a) Susie.
(b) Wootton.
(c) Cleonie.
(d) Spotted Tail.

8. What does Sonsee-array insist to her father?
(a) That she wants Flashman to be killed.
(b) That she wants to marry Flashman.
(c) That she doesn't want to marry anyone.
(d) That she can take care of herself.

9. Why does Flashman travel to the White House?
(a) To speak with Grant about Custer.
(b) To speak with Grant about Spotted Tail.
(c) To speak with Grant on behalf of the Sioux.
(d) To speak with Grant regarding going home to England.

10. What do the Apache's shoot Flashman with?
(a) An poison arrow.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pellet gun.
(d) A bullet.

11. Who does Flashman accompany westward after his meeting with Candy?
(a) General Custer.
(b) General Crook.
(c) General Terry.
(d) Candy.

12. What ultimately happens to Vasco?
(a) Yawner kills him before he can kill Flashman.
(b) He eventually wins Sonsee-array over.
(c) He is banised from the tribe.
(d) He is bitten by a rattlesnake.

13. While the Custers and the Flashmans are spending lots of time together, what does Custer lament to Flashman?
(a) That he thinks his wife is having an affair.
(b) That he hasn't had as many opportunities as Flashman.
(c) That the President hates him.
(d) That the war is over and he misses the fighting.

14. What Native American language does Flashman master?
(a) Souix.
(b) Apache.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Cheyenne.

15. Why does President Grant ask Flashman to advise Sen. Allison's commission?
(a) Because Flashman is his last hope.
(b) Because he takes a liking to Flashman.
(c) Because Elspeth mentions that Flashman is an expert on Native Americans and friends with Spotted Tail.
(d) Because he is quite taken with Elspeth and wants to get Flashman out of the picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geronimo introduce Flashman to?

2. What does Sonsee-array's spurned suitor issue to Flashman?

3. What type of show does Spotted Tail take Elspeth and Flashman to after their dinner?

4. What retainer does Mrs. Arthur B. Candy try to give Flashman for his services?

5. What makes compliance with the government's order impossible?

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