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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 The Forty-Niner, pgs. 54-109.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Chief-Guard of the expedition?
(a) Wootton.
(b) Grattan Nugent-Hare.
(c) Wild Bill.
(d) Flashman.

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

4. How does Flashman describe the people on their way to Oregon?
(a) As optimistic.
(b) As a serious lot who are farmers.
(c) As hopeless.
(d) As missionaries.

5. How many other caravans does Flashman's caravan eventually join?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Flashman and Wootton are eating buffalo, what frightens Flashman?

2. Why won't the girls tell Susie about Flashman's infidelity?

3. What does Flashman say he can feel aboard the steamship?

4. How does Susie threaten her girls?

5. What language does Flashman state he never learned to speak properly?

(see the answer key)

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