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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. After leaving the Black Hills, where do the Flashmans return to?

2. What ultimately happens to Vasco?

3. What makes compliance with the government's order impossible?

4. What does Flashman consider Chief Mangas Colorado?

5. After Flashman is shot, who is his rescuer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Apaches believe about deceit?

2. Why does Flashman admire Candy?

3. Describe Flashman's escape from the Apaches.

4. Describe why Flashman is spared a gruesome death like the other scalp-hunters.

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

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

7. Why does Flashman blame Elspeth for this second trip to the United States?

8. What does Flashman notice about Custer at Fort Lincoln?

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

10. Why does Flashman say he is glad that he isn't present for Spotted Tail's rejection of Senator Allison's offer for the Black Hills?

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

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.

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