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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, to pg. 54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Flashman react to Susie's solution to get him out of New Orleans?
(a) He is surprised, but also angry at Susie for deceiving him.
(b) He tries to escape from Susie's.
(c) He is surprised, but he's also happy to be with Susie.
(d) He is surprised, but feins awe and love.

2. What news does Captain Spring give to Flashman about his father-in-law?
(a) That his father-in-law is dead.
(b) That his father-in-law disinherited Elspeth.
(c) That his father-in-law is on his way to the U.S.
(d) That his father-in-law is very ill.

3. Once aboard the steamship, what does Flashman notice about the other passengers?
(a) That they are all heading out west to California.
(b) They they are all poor.
(c) That they are all silent.
(d) That they are all white.

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

5. What does Flashman say he has always been good with?
(a) War.
(b) Women.
(c) Langauges.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, The Forty-Niner, how old does Flashman say that he is while writing the memoir?

2. What name does Susie know Flashman as?

3. What is the argument in the Traveler's Club about?

4. What name does Peter Omohundro call Flashman?

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

(see the answer key)

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