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

2. Flashman knows that Susie will take him in even though he's a fugitive. What does he find out when he goes to her?
(a) That she has married someone else and they are moving to California.
(b) That she has decided to move her whole business to California.
(c) That she hates him and never wants to see him again.
(d) That she has moved to California.

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

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

5. Where does Wootton finally lead the party?
(a) Oregon.
(b) California.
(c) Council Grove.
(d) Santa Fe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grattan Nugent-Hare do after he is hired?

2. Where do Flashman and Spring go for refuge when they become fugitives?

3. Three days into the journey west, what two trails diverge?

4. What does Cleonie ask Flashman after they've had sex during siesta?

5. Which Native American tribe does Flashman fear the most?

(see the answer key)

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