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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, pgs. 148-207.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Spring do for a living?
(a) He runs an illegal slaving operation.
(b) He sails yachts for wealthy people.
(c) He's a preacher.
(d) He's a gambler.

2. Once Susie's girls' reputation is out, what do potential suitors begin to do?
(a) They begin to see that they don't like this business.
(b) They start to fall in love with the girls they are with.
(c) Many rich men come forward and offer to buy them outright.
(d) They grow bored with the girls.

3. 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.

4. What ultimately happens to Vasco?
(a) He eventually wins Sonsee-array over.
(b) He is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) Yawner kills him before he can kill Flashman.
(d) He is banised from the tribe.

5. What agreement does Flashman come to with Wootton?
(a) Flashman doesn't come to any agreements with Wootton. They don't talk that much.
(b) Flashman proposes that Wootton stay behind for an extra $100.
(c) Flashman proposes that Wootton let it look like Flashman is in charge for an extra $100 a week.
(d) Flashman proposes that Wootton takes charge for an extra $100 a week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Susie make her girls behave when traveling?

3. How does Susie threaten her girls?

4. Shortly after Flashman joins them, who do Gallantin and his men seek revenge on, and for what?

5. What briefly about Grattan Nugent-Hare scares Flashman?

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