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

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

3. What name does Susie know Flashman as?
(a) Harry Flashman.
(b) Flashy.
(c) Beauchamp Comber.
(d) Harry Comber.

4. As Flashman and Wootton are eating buffalo, what frightens Flashman?
(a) They see a Native American war party.
(b) Wootton frightens Flashman a bit.
(c) Nothing, Flashman remains blissfully ignorant.
(d) Three Native Americans who sneak up on them.

5. In Part 1, The Forty-Niner, how old does Flashman say that he is while writing the memoir?
(a) 75 years old.
(b) 101 years old.
(c) 89 years old.
(d) He doesn't mention it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon closer inspection of Bent's Fort, what do Flashman and his party find?

3. How does the author begin Flashman and the Redskins?

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

5. How does Flashman react to Susie's solution to get him out of New Orleans?

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