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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 Vasco try and do to Flashman?
(a) He tries to poison him.
(b) He tries to kill him in battle.
(c) He tries to woo Sonsee-array away from Flashman.
(d) He tries to kill him treacherously.

2. At Fort Lincoln, what does Flashman admire about Custer?
(a) The way he drills his troops.
(b) He admires how merciful Custer is.
(c) The way his troops love him.
(d) He admires how popular Custer is.

3. What does Flashman think about negotiations with Sen. Allison?
(a) He thinks they are pointless.
(b) He thinks that they will be able to reach a compromise with the Native Americans.
(c) He knows he'll be able to help.
(d) He thinks they could be really useful.

4. What do the Apache's shoot Flashman with?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A pellet gun.
(d) An poison arrow.

5. Where does Spotted Tail say he learned English?
(a) He went to live with an American family.
(b) In prison, after the slaughter at Fort Leavenworth.
(c) He married an American woman.
(d) He learned it on the reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the Custers and the Flashmans are spending lots of time together, what does Custer lament to Flashman?

2. Who is Elspeth instantly taken with at the Grand Pacific?

3. What does Flashman find out that Apaches believe?

4. What is the woman that Flashman notices in the restaurant in Washington D.C. wearing that does not detract from her beauty?

5. What does Flashman consider Chief Mangas Colorado?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman suspect Elspeth of?

2. Why does Flashman think that Spotted Tail is one of the more clever chiefs?

3. Describe the issue that is going on in the Black Hills.

4. How does Flashman describe Chief Mangas Colorado?

5. Describe how Flashman is injured.

6. Why does Mrs. Arthur B. Candy want an audience with Flashman?

7. Describe George Custer's mind-frame when Flashman meets him again in New York?

8. Why does Grant ask Flashman to advise Senator Allison's commission?

9. How does Candy act strangely after having slept with Flashman? Why is it strange?

10. Who does Candy reveal herself to be and what does she do with Flashman?

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