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

2. What is the first place that the party heads for?
(a) Council Grove.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) The Oregon Trail.
(d) Santa Fe.

3. How much are they charging for claret at the hotel in St. Louis?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Fifteen dollars.
(c) They aren't charging, it is free.
(d) Five dollars.

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

5. Who is the second of Susie's girls that Flashman sleeps with?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Cleonie.
(c) Marie.
(d) Stephanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flashman say he has always been good with?

2. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare notice about Flashman when he meets him again?

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

4. Where does the first part of this book take place?

5. Where does Wootton finally lead the party?

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

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

4. Describe how Flashman betrays Cleonie.

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

6. Explain why Peter Omohundro has been after Flashman.

7. What request does Cleonie startle Flashman with?

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

9. Why was Flashman hiding these papers from Captain Spring?

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

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