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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Susie's girls' reputation is out, what do potential suitors begin to do?
(a) They begin to see that they don't like this business.
(b) Many rich men come forward and offer to buy them outright.
(c) They grow bored with the girls.
(d) They start to fall in love with the girls they are with.

2. What happens after the caravans come in contact with the stricken natives?
(a) Four people in the caravan get sick.
(b) Over half the people in the caravan get sick.
(c) One person in the caravan gets sick.
(d) They are lucky because no one falls ill.

3. What does Flashman say he can feel aboard the steamship?
(a) The turbulent river.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Nervousness.

4. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare notice about Flashman when he meets him again?
(a) That he is travelling alone.
(b) That he cut his hair.
(c) That he doesn't have a British accent anymore.
(d) That his name has changed from Comber to Flashman.

5. What does Captain Spring do for a living?
(a) He sails yachts for wealthy people.
(b) He's a gambler.
(c) He's a preacher.
(d) He runs an illegal slaving operation.

6. What does Susie hire Grattan Nugent-Hare for?
(a) Her personal body guard.
(b) Security.
(c) She doesn't hire him, she dismisses him.
(d) Her personal assistant.

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

8. What do these other caravans consist of?
(a) The Pittsburg Pirates and invalids.
(b) The Pittsburg Pirates, immigrant families, clerks & laborers and "invalids".
(c) Immigrants and laborers.
(d) Immigrants and invalids.

9. After the raid with Gallantin's men, how does Flashman deal with his "designated" woman?
(a) He uses force on her.
(b) He lets her escape.
(c) He charms her.
(d) He leaves her alone.

10. Where does the first part of this book take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

11. How does Susie's method of getting rid of Spring sit with Flashman?
(a) He doesn't really care because he is so in love with Susie.
(b) He's just happy to be rid of that latin-speaking hypocrite.
(c) He feels uneasy about it.
(d) He thinks it's hilarious.

12. Which of Susie's girls does Flashman sleep with first?
(a) Cleonie.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Marie.

13. How does Susie get rid of Captain Spring?
(a) She seduces him and then tells Flashman who kicks him out.
(b) She drugs him and has him put on a ship to Africa.
(c) She doesn't get rid of him.
(d) She turns him in to the police.

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

15. What road does Wootton specifically tell Flashman to avoid?
(a) The Oregon Trail.
(b) The Apache Road.
(c) The Cimarron Road.
(d) The Sioux Highway.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Fort Mann, what sickness are the Native American's suffering from?

2. Once aboard the steamship, what does Flashman notice about the other passengers?

3. Who does Flashman grow quite fond of and call a "good conversationalist?"

4. Who tells Flashman that all of Susie's girls know about his first tryst?

5. What does Flashman do to make himself cry?

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