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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 does Flashman show the men that he is arguing with?
(a) A place on his head where he was "scalped" by a Native American.
(b) A tattoo of the British flag.
(c) A scar that he got while in a bar fight.
(d) A pound with the Queen's picture on it.

2. Where do Flashman and Spring go for refuge when they become fugitives?
(a) A whore house.
(b) Another bar.
(c) They get on the first steamboat out of town.
(d) They hide out in a hotel.

3. How many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 0.

4. How does Susie get rid of Captain Spring?
(a) She drugs him and has him put on a ship to Africa.
(b) She seduces him and then tells Flashman who kicks him out.
(c) She doesn't get rid of him.
(d) She turns him in to the police.

5. What language does Flashman begin to learn while riding with Wootton?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Apache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flashman learn about the group that rebelled?

2. Which of Susie's girls does Flashman sleep with first?

3. What does Flashman do with Cleonie as he is leaving Santa Fe?

4. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?

5. Who gets Flashman the job with Captain Spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman persuade Wootton to let him act as if he is commanding the caravan?

2. Why is Flashman nervous when he realizes that Grattan Nugent-Hare served in the British Army?

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

4. How is Flashman's party lucky during the destruction of Bent's Fort?

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

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

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

10. Explain why Peter Omohundro has been after Flashman.

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