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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sherman indignant at the idea of doing anything to help their "red brothers?"
(a) Because he can't speak their language.
(b) Because his wife ran off with a Native American.
(c) Because he can't be bothered to lift a finger for anyone but himself.
(d) Because they continue their violence and refuse to live on the reservations.

2. What bond do Sonsee-array and Flashman form?
(a) They are in love.
(b) They run off together.
(c) They can't stand each other.
(d) They get married.

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

4. Why does Flashman believe that Spotted Tail is a clever Sioux leader?
(a) Because he speaks English so well.
(b) Because he has accepted that he cannot win against the Americans.
(c) Because he is trying to fit in with the Americans.
(d) Flashman doesn't think he is clever.

5. Why does George Custer feel that he has been reverted back to prewar rank of lieutenant colonel?
(a) Because he didn't do a great job as a general.
(b) Because President Grant dislikes him.
(c) Because he didn't want to be in a battle any longer.
(d) Because the war is over.

6. What type of show does Spotted Tail take Elspeth and Flashman to after their dinner?
(a) A melodrama.
(b) A ballet.
(c) A burlesque show.
(d) A musical.

7. What does the U.S. government order the Sioux to do before February?
(a) It orders them to move west.
(b) It orders them to become Christians.
(c) It orders them to mine the land for gold.
(d) It orders them to the agencies.

8. What does Flashman tell Spotted Tail privately while at Camp Robinson?
(a) That the negotiations are a a sham and that Sen. Allison plans on cheating the Sioux out of their land.
(b) That Sen. Allison is a good man and will do right by the Sioux for their sacred lands.
(c) That Spotted Tail better stay away from Elspeth.
(d) That Sen. Allison is an idiot and that Spotted Tail should take advantage of this.

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

10. At Fort Lincoln, what does Flashman admire about Custer?
(a) The way he drills his troops.
(b) He admires how popular Custer is.
(c) He admires how merciful Custer is.
(d) The way his troops love him.

11. What does Geronimo introduce Flashman to?
(a) The sweatbath and betothal rituals.
(b) War-painting.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Scalping.

12. Where does Flashman first meet and talk with high-placed men from the Grant Administration (Sherman, Pope and Cook)?
(a) In London at the Parliament.
(b) In Chicago at Philip Sheridan's wedding.
(c) At the White House.
(d) At the Alamo.

13. What does Elspeth get involved with that delays the Flashmans from sailing to England?
(a) The New York Independence Day Foundation.
(b) The World Cup.
(c) The World's Fair.
(d) The Philidelphia Exposition.

14. Why is Elspeth to blame for the second American adventure for Flashman?
(a) Because she developed a middle-aged wanderlust.
(b) Because she insisted on sending their son to America for his education.
(c) Because she told him to go back to the U.S. and find gold.
(d) Because she ran off with another man and Flashman followed them to the U.S.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Flashman's opinion of the Apache's the longer he lives with them?

2. What does Flashman hear once Candy has returned to her cabin after they are intimate?

3. What year in history is Part 2 set?

4. Where is Camp Robinson located?

5. At the end of Part 1, the Forty Niner, how old does Flashman reveal himself to be?

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