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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, pgs. 148-207.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon closer inspection of Bent's Fort, what do Flashman and his party find?
(a) That it is rigged to explode with a single spark.
(b) That it's so nice they'd like to stay there for a while.
(c) That it is very eerie.
(d) That it's crawling with cockroaches.

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

3. What does Geronimo introduce Flashman to?
(a) Scalping.
(b) Swimming.
(c) The sweatbath and betothal rituals.
(d) War-painting.

4. Who is the woman that Flashman saved from Nugent-Hare?
(a) The wife of Chief Mangas Colorado.
(b) She was a peasant.
(c) The daughter of John Gallantin.
(d) The daughter of Chief Mangas Colorado.

5. What is Susie's solution to get Flashman out of New Orleans?
(a) To marry him and take him with her.
(b) To ask him to go with her.
(c) To kidnap him.
(d) To drug him and take him with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Susie's girls' reputation is out, what do potential suitors begin to do?

2. What ultimately happens to Vasco?

3. Who is the hunter that accompanies Flashman to Fort Laramie?

4. Why is Flashman spared from being flayed and burned at the stake after the raid?

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

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