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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. Why won't the girls tell Susie about Flashman's infidelity?
(a) Because they don't really care.
(b) Because they are afriad of getting sold.
(c) Because they don't want to hurt Susie.
(d) Because they all want to please Flashman.

2. In Part 1, The Forty-Niner, how old does Flashman say that he is while writing the memoir?
(a) 75 years old.
(b) 101 years old.
(c) 89 years old.
(d) He doesn't mention it.

3. Who greets Flashman after the citadel explodes?
(a) Spotted Tail.
(b) Apaches.
(c) Mountain men.
(d) Cheyenne.

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

5. Upon closer inspection of Bent's Fort, what do Flashman and his party find?
(a) That it's so nice they'd like to stay there for a while.
(b) That it is rigged to explode with a single spark.
(c) That it is very eerie.
(d) That it's crawling with cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Wootton introduce Flashman to?

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

4. Shortly after Flashman joins them, who do Gallantin and his men seek revenge on, and for what?

5. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare do after he is hired?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Susie hires Grattan Nugent-Hare for security in Santa Fe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When Flashman and Grattan Nugent-Hare meet again, what does Nugent-Hare enlighten Flashman with?

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

(see the answer keys)

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