View a FREE sample

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. 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 moved to California.
(b) That she has married someone else and they are moving to California.
(c) That she has decided to move her whole business to California.
(d) That she hates him and never wants to see him again.

2. What agreement does Flashman come to with Wootton?
(a) Flashman proposes that Wootton let it look like Flashman is in charge for an extra $100 a week.
(b) Flashman proposes that Wootton takes charge for an extra $100 a week.
(c) Flashman doesn't come to any agreements with Wootton. They don't talk that much.
(d) Flashman proposes that Wootton stay behind for an extra $100.

3. What does Cleonie ask Flashman after they've had sex during siesta?
(a) She asks him to take her with him when he abandons Susie.
(b) She asks if Flashman loves her.
(c) She asks if Flashman will divorce Susie and marry her.
(d) She asks Flashman if he has any children.

4. Which of Susie's girls does Flashman sleep with first?
(a) Cleonie.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Marie.

5. Three days into the journey west, what two trails diverge?
(a) The Oregon Trail and Route 66.
(b) The trails don't diverge, they are the same trail.
(c) The Santa Fe and Route 66.
(d) The Santa Fe and the Oregon Trail

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nugent-Hare reveal to Flashman?

2. Who does Flashman grow quite fond of and call a "good conversationalist?"

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

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

5. Who does Flashman learn are Susie's spies?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 352 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample