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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. What does Flashman tell Maxwell and Kit Carson after Flashman is shot?
(a) He lies to them about his adventures with the Apaches.
(b) He doesn't say much of anything because he is delirious.
(c) He tells them he wants to go home to England.
(d) The truth about his adventures with Gallantin and the Apaches.

2. At the end of Part 1, the Forty Niner, how old does Flashman reveal himself to be?
(a) 27.
(b) 31.
(c) 28.
(d) 33.

3. What does Vasco try and do to Flashman?
(a) He tries to woo Sonsee-array away from Flashman.
(b) He tries to poison him.
(c) He tries to kill him in battle.
(d) He tries to kill him treacherously.

4. Why is Elspeth to blame for the second American adventure for Flashman?
(a) Because she developed a middle-aged wanderlust.
(b) Because she insisted on sending their son to America for his education.
(c) Because she told him to go back to the U.S. and find gold.
(d) Because she ran off with another man and Flashman followed them to the U.S.

5. What does Mrs. Arthur B. Candy want with Flashman?
(a) She wants to sleep with him.
(b) She wants to introduce him to her husband.
(c) She wants him to endorse her business.
(d) She wants to know if he knows Otto von Bismarck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flashman note about the "violence" of the Native Americans at Philip Sheridan's wedding?

2. While the Custers and the Flashmans are spending time together, what does Custer reveal that he longs for?

3. What happens to Flashman's shoulder after he is shot?

4. What is the name of Part 2?

5. Who is Elspeth instantly taken with at the Grand Pacific?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Flashman think that Spotted Tail is one of the more clever chiefs?

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

4. How does Flashman flatter himself about Sonsee-array?

5. What does Sonsee-array insist about Flashman?

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

7. Describe how Flashman is injured.

8. Who does Candy reveal herself to be and what does she do with Flashman?

9. Describe the conflict between the Native Americans and the U.S. Government as portrayed in the novel.

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

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