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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. What is Flash trying to pose as when he dresses in his best clothes?

2. What does Flashman say he sees for the first time in this section?

3. What does Jeendan say her and Flashman must do before having pleasure?

4. Who does the seven-year-old boy say he has come to see?

5. What part of America is Campbell from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Khan decide to torture Flashman?

2. What does Flash talk to Lal Singh about?

3. How does Jeenda react to her brother's death?

4. What does Flashman learn about Jassa in this section?

5. How does Flash avoid the swordsmen in this section?

6. Why does Flash think war between the Khalsa and the British is unavoidable?

7. What does Broadfoot say will be Flash's real task in Lahore?

8. What does Flashman overhear at one of Khlasa's democratic meetings?

9. How do the Khalsa soldiers kill Jawaheer?

10. Why is Flashman grateful the court is moving to Amritsar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did the treaty say about the relationship between the British and the Punjabis? Why was it such an important treaty, and what difference did it make to the relationship between the British and the Punjabis?

Essay Topic 2

Why were the British so interested in Lahore? What do the natives think of the British presence in Lahore? In what way did the British presence cause conflict between the natives?

Essay Topic 3

In what way could it be said that Flashman is an unreliable narrator? In what way does the author take advantage of the unreliable view point and what meaning does this unreliability give the story?

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