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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Peter Omohundro call Flashman?
(a) Prescott.
(b) Beauchamp Comber.
(c) Harry Flashman.
(d) Captain Spring.

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

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

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

5. Where does the first part of this book take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Gallantin's raid does Flashman not take part in?

2. Why do Gallantin's men kill two of their own men?

3. What does Susie hire Grattan Nugent-Hare for?

4. Who is the Chief-Guard of the expedition?

5. As Flashman and Wootton are eating buffalo, what frightens Flashman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Flashman is a little nervous to be going to St. Louis.

2. Why does Colonel Owens express admiration for Susie?

3. Why does Susie decide to stay and set her business up in Santa Fe?

4. Why does Flashman get in a huff in the first chapter?

5. Describe Susie's plan to get Flashman safely out of New Orleans.

6. How does Susie get around selling any of her girls to prospective buyers?

7. What difference does Flashman notice about the "Oregoners" compared to those people who are bound for California?

8. Describe Flashman's first experience with the Native Americans.

9. How does Flashman describe Wootton?

10. Describe how Flashman enjoys the frontier alone.

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