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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 language does Captain Spring often quote literature and the Bible in?

2. What does Flashman say he has always been good with?

3. Upon closer inspection of Bent's Fort, what do Flashman and his party find?

4. As Flashman and Wootton are eating buffalo, what frightens Flashman?

5. What does Flashman do to make himself cry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Susie hires Grattan Nugent-Hare for security in Santa Fe?

2. What difference does Flashman notice about the "Oregoners" compared to those people who are bound for California?

3. Describe Susie's whore house when Flashman and Spring show up to hide there.

4. Why does Susie decide to stay and set her business up in Santa Fe?

5. Describe Susie's plan to get Flashman safely out of New Orleans.

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

7. Describe how Flashman betrays Cleonie.

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

9. What request does Cleonie startle Flashman with?

10. Why does Flashman get a little nervous after hearing of his father-in-law's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Is Flashman the quintessential "Man's Man?" Why or why not. Please support your answer.

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