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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 many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

2. What else, besides sickness, worried Flashman about being in St. Louis?
(a) He is worried about running into Capatin Spring.
(b) He is worried Susie will find out what his real name is.
(c) He is worried that they won't have enough money to go west.
(d) There was a reward for his arrest in St. Louis a few weeks prior.

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

4. When the two best guides aren't available to take the party across the prairie, who does Susie deem worthy to lead?
(a) Herself.
(b) Wootton.
(c) Flashman.
(d) No one.

5. How does Flashman describe the people on their way to Oregon?
(a) As hopeless.
(b) As missionaries.
(c) As a serious lot who are farmers.
(d) As optimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Flashman begin to learn while riding with Wootton?

2. What name does Susie know Flashman as?

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

4. What news does Captain Spring give to Flashman about his father-in-law?

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

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