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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, pgs. 54-109.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Susie threaten her girls?
(a) She threatens to beat them.
(b) She threatens to leave them behind.
(c) She threatens to fire them.
(d) She threatens to sell them.

2. What do these other caravans consist of?
(a) Immigrants and invalids.
(b) The Pittsburg Pirates, immigrant families, clerks & laborers and "invalids".
(c) Immigrants and laborers.
(d) The Pittsburg Pirates and invalids.

3. Who does Flashman confront at the Travelers' Club?
(a) Captain Spring.
(b) A pompous anthropologist.
(c) The doorman.
(d) The bartender.

4. What is the first place that the party heads for?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Council Grove.
(c) The Oregon Trail.
(d) Santa Fe.

5. 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 is very ill.
(c) That his father-in-law is on his way to the U.S.
(d) That his father-in-law disinherited Elspeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When asked if he condoned Washington's treatment of the American Indian, how does Flashman reply?

2. Where is Flashman and his party headed once they board the smaller boat?

3. What does Flashman show the men that he is arguing with?

4. How many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?

5. Who is the Chief-Guard of the expedition?

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