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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 is the name of Part 2?

2. What has gone almost extinct, which dooms the Native American way of life?

3. When Flashman goes to President Grant on Custer's behalf, how does Grant put Flashman in his place?

4. Why does President Grant ask Flashman to advise Sen. Allison's commission?

5. While the Custers and the Flashmans are spending lots of time together, what does Custer lament to Flashman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Flashman describe Chief Mangas Colorado?

3. Why does Flashman admire Candy?

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

5. What does Flashman suspect Elspeth of?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Compare and contrast Harry Flashman to George Custer. Do you think they are similar sort of men or very different? Support your answer using the text.

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