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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 later sell the chain?

2. Who arrives to offer safe passage?

3. What do the young British officers chant in this chapter?

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

5. Where does Ignatieff take Flashman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Flashman describe life in Cawnpore garrison?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Flashman think the rebels want to surrender?

8. How does Wheeler keep Flashman busy in chapter nine?

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

10. How does Rose plan to get Flashman inside Jhansi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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