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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, to pg. 54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the argument in the Traveler's Club about?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The United States ill-treatment of the Native Americans.
(c) The Underground Railroad.
(d) The fact that they wouldn't serve Flashman another drink.

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

3. After meeting Omohundro, why are Flashman and Spring on the run from the law?
(a) Because bar fighting is illegal.
(b) Because Flashman killed Omohundro.
(c) Because they didn't pay for their drinks.
(d) Because Spring killed Omohundro.

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

5. Which of Susie's girls does Flashman notice in particular?
(a) Aphrodite and Cleonie.
(b) Aphrodite and Poppaea
(c) He doesn't notice them--he's in love with Susie.
(d) Poppaea and Cleonie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Captain Spring often quote literature and the Bible in?

2. What happens to Flashman after the argument in the Traveler's Club?

3. What does Flashman say he has always been good with?

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

5. Who gets Flashman the job with Captain Spring?

(see the answer key)

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