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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Flashman swim to at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. What is the name of the prosecutor's assistant?

3. How does Annie want Flashman to punish Hermia?

4. What is wrong with the old man in the ticket office?

5. What does the red-haired auctioneer like to drink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman think about Annie's refusal to socialize with him after sex?

2. How does Flashman manage to escape the U.S. Navy?

3. What is John's relationship with his wife, Annie?

4. How does Cassy kill Tom and George?

5. What are the charges against Spring?

6. Why does Cassy associate freedom with Britain?

7. How do John and his men decide to deal with Flashman?

8. What does Baily tell Flashman about slavery in America in Chapter 13?

9. What does Lincoln tell Buck in Chapter 12?

10. Why does Peter Omohundro present a problem in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Flashman's lifestyle show him as an anti-hero? How does Flashman's lifestyle go against English society during the 1850s? What does it say about British society in the 1850s that someone like Flashman could become famous?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Fraser end the book as he does? In what other ways could he have ended the book? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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