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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 kills Moore in chapter nine?

2. Who is sent with Flash to negotiate with Nana?

3. What is Campbell's rank in the Britiah army?

4. What city has now been under seige for two weeks?

5. What nationality does Flashman say Kavanaugh looks too much like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman shock General Rose in chapter twelve?

2. How does Flashman escape the crocodiles?

3. How does Flashman react to East when he comes to apologize?

4. What is Flashman's new mission in chapter eleven?

5. Why does Flashman think Jhansi is the best place for him to go?

6. How does Flashman convince O'Toole that he is a British soldier?

7. In what way is the situation desperate at the beginning of chapter eight?

8. Why does Flashman not like what the liberal writer later said about Gen. Neill's actions in the Bibigraph?

9. What happens when Flashman and the others flee into a temple?

10. In what way is Flashman lucky in chapter ten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine sex in the book.

1. How do the characters in the book view sex?

2. Do the characters need to be sex to cope in the world that the author portrays?

3. How did the public react to the book's sex when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 2

What does Fraser say about sex? How does he use the main characters and settings to express his view? How would the British have reacted to such a book if it was released in Victorian times?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books 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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