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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the party find out about the trip to California?

2. What name does Peter Omohundro call Flashman?

3. Who does Wootton introduce Flashman to?

4. What do these other caravans consist of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Flashman enjoys the frontier alone.

3. How does Flashman describe Wootton?

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

5. Why does Flashman feel momentarily sorry for Peter Omohundro?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that George MacDonald Fraser uses stereotypes in Flashman and the Redskins? Why or why not? Please support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

History is often written in the eye of the beholder. The battle of Little Bighorn shown here in Flashman and the Redskin is a real historical event, even though Flashman himself was not a real person. Pick one of the major battles in the novel, research its real-life equivalent and compare and contrast Flashman's account to the account written by true historians.

Essay Topic 3

Is Flashman the quintessential "Man's Man?" Why or why not. Please support your answer.

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