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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. What does the cryptic note that Flash hands to Sher Khan refer to?

3. Who does Flashman learn has been killed in chapter nine?

4. What is the name of the school at which Flash and East were schoolmates?

5. Where are reinforcements to Cawnpore arriving from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman think about Lakshmibai in chapter eleven?

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

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

4. How does General Neill clean the floors in the Bibigarh?

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

6. How does Flashman escape the crocodiles?

7. Why is Ilderim angry with Flashman at the beginning of chapter seven?

8. Why is Kavanaugh not the ideal man for the mission in chapter ten?

9. Why does Rose reject the idea of using a platoon to capture Lakshmibai?

10. How does Flashman react to East's death in chapter nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine their real-life equivalent. How did the author adapt it for his book.

1. The British Secret Service.

2. SMERSH

3. The gold trade

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid-19th century society.

1. The Spanish gold coin.

2. Pip's insanity.

3. Mistrust of other cultures.

Essay Topic 3

How accurate and fair do the students think Fraser's representation of the Great Indian Mutiny is? How do you think an Indian writer would have represented the mutiny?

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