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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. What does Flashman do that leads to rebellion?
(a) He abandons the caravan.
(b) He lowers the food rations.
(c) He decides to head back to Council Grove.
(d) He takes the Cimarron Road.

2. Where do Flashman and Spring go for refuge when they become fugitives?
(a) They hide out in a hotel.
(b) Another bar.
(c) A whore house.
(d) They get on the first steamboat out of town.

3. What begins to drive Flashman crazy while on the trip?
(a) The endless prairie.
(b) The Immigrants.
(c) Susie's incessent chatter.
(d) Wootton.

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

5. Why was Omohundro looking for Flashman?
(a) Because Flashman slept with his wife.
(b) Because Flashman stole one of his slaves.
(c) Because Flashman slept with his daughter.
(d) Because Flashman owed him some money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Flashman say he can feel aboard the steamship?

3. At Fort Mann, what sickness are the Native American's suffering from?

4. What else, besides sickness, worried Flashman about being in St. Louis?

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

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