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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 news does Captain Spring give to Flashman about his father-in-law?
(a) That his father-in-law is dead.
(b) That his father-in-law is very ill.
(c) That his father-in-law disinherited Elspeth.
(d) That his father-in-law is on his way to the U.S.

2. How does Susie threaten her girls?
(a) She threatens to fire them.
(b) She threatens to beat them.
(c) She threatens to sell them.
(d) She threatens to leave them behind.

3. Who does Flashman grow quite fond of and call a "good conversationalist?"
(a) Marie.
(b) Susie.
(c) Cleonie.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. Who's camp does Flashman enter while riding alone on the prairie?
(a) Susie's camp.
(b) Nugen-Hare's camp.
(c) John Gallantin's camp.
(d) Spotted Tail's camp.

5. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare do after he is hired?
(a) He sleeps with Cleonie.
(b) He is thankful and is very diligent at his job.
(c) He steals $2,000 from Susie and leaves.
(d) He sleeps with Susie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?

2. What does Captain Spring do for a living?

3. What language does Flashman state he never learned to speak properly?

4. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Colonel Owens outfit Susie's caravan with?

3. Explain why Peter Omohundro has been after Flashman.

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

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

6. Why does Flashman say that the first few days on the trail are an illusion?

7. How does Flashman attempt to persuade the pompous professor of his own expertise in the matter of the Native Americans?

8. Why does Colonel Owens express admiration for Susie?

9. What request does Cleonie startle Flashman with?

10. Describe Susie's whore house when Flashman and Spring show up to hide there.

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