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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, pgs. 109-148.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What news does Captain Spring give to Flashman about his father-in-law?
(a) That his father-in-law is on his way to the U.S.
(b) That his father-in-law disinherited Elspeth.
(c) That his father-in-law is dead.
(d) That his father-in-law is very ill.

4. Why won't the girls tell Susie about Flashman's infidelity?
(a) Because they are afriad of getting sold.
(b) Because they don't want to hurt Susie.
(c) Because they all want to please Flashman.
(d) Because they don't really care.

5. Who greets Flashman after the citadel explodes?
(a) Mountain men.
(b) Apaches.
(c) Spotted Tail.
(d) Cheyenne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susie's business fare in the new city that she has chosen to set up shop in?

2. What disgusts Flashman after the raid?

3. Flashman knows that Susie will take him in even though he's a fugitive. What does he find out when he goes to her?

4. What does Flashman do that leads to rebellion?

5. How does Flashman describe the people on their way to Oregon?

(see the answer key)

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