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

2. Where does the first part of this book take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What is the argument in the Traveler's Club about?
(a) The United States ill-treatment of the Native Americans.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The fact that they wouldn't serve Flashman another drink.
(d) The Underground Railroad.

4. How does Susie get rid of Captain Spring?
(a) She turns him in to the police.
(b) She seduces him and then tells Flashman who kicks him out.
(c) She drugs him and has him put on a ship to Africa.
(d) She doesn't get rid of him.

5. How does the author begin Flashman and the Redskins?
(a) With Chapter 1.
(b) In the middle of a battle scene.
(c) In the middle of a love scene.
(d) With an introduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susie's method of getting rid of Spring sit with Flashman?

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

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

4. After meeting Omohundro, why are Flashman and Spring on the run from the law?

5. Who gets Flashman the job with Captain Spring?

(see the answer key)

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