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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. How does Flashman describe the people on their way to Oregon?
(a) As a serious lot who are farmers.
(b) As hopeless.
(c) As optimistic.
(d) As missionaries.

2. What does Flashman learn about the group that rebelled?
(a) They made it safely to Santa Fe already.
(b) They perished on the Cimarron Road.
(c) No one knows what happened to them.
(d) They got lost, but made it back to Council Grove.

3. Why do Gallantin's men kill two of their own men?
(a) Because they balked at the idea of scalping.
(b) Because they were weak.
(c) Because they were sympathetic to the Native Americans.
(d) Because they were traitors.

4. Who greets Flashman after the citadel explodes?
(a) Mountain men.
(b) Apaches.
(c) Spotted Tail.
(d) Cheyenne.

5. Where is Flashman and his party headed once they board the smaller boat?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Texas.
(d) Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Captain Spring do for a living?

3. What is the first place that the party heads for?

4. How many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Colonel Owens express admiration for Susie?

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

3. What did the papers contain that Flashman was hiding from Captain Spring?

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

5. Explain why Peter Omohundro has been after Flashman.

6. How does Flashman describe Wootton?

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

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

9. Why was Flashman hiding these papers from Captain Spring?

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

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