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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 Native American language does Flashman master?

2. What type of show does Spotted Tail take Elspeth and Flashman to after their dinner?

3. What does Candy tell Flashman that the "B" in her name stands for?

4. What does Elspeth get involved with that delays the Flashmans from sailing to England?

5. What does Sonsee-array's spurned suitor issue to Flashman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of show does Spotted Tail take the Flashmans to.

2. Describe Flashman's escape from the Apaches.

3. Describe how Flashman is injured.

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

5. What does Sonsee-array insist about Flashman?

6. What does Flashman suspect Elspeth of?

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

8. Who is Crazy Horse and what is his attitude towards Americans?

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

10. What do Apaches believe about deceit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The ethics of war are touched upon several times throughout the novel, with Flashman stating that, after a while, one becomes numb to these things. Do you think that is true? Did Flashman truly become numb? Please support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Hypocrisy plays a role in Flashman and the Redskins. Is the author trying to show that everyone is a little hypocritical? Is Flashman a hypocrite? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Harry Flashman is clearly the protagonist of the novel, but would you consider him a hero or an anti-hero? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

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