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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 does Joe say he would be if he wasn't a slave?

2. What kind of gun does Messervy give Flash?

3. Who does Flash call a slow-thinking dreamer?

4. Who stops Flash from escaping?

5. Who does Flash say is the only real soldier in the group?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flash try to delay Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry?

2. How does Brown act when they first raid the town?

3. Why does Flash wish Seward had become President?

4. What does Flash remember about Brown at the farmhouse?

5. How do the people react to Brown's death?

6. How does Flash react to the violence he sees at the end of the section.

7. What are Flash's first impressions of Brown?

8. What information does Messervy give Flash about Brown?

9. How does Hannah Popplewell help Flash?

10. Why does Hannah let Flash go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems exist between the North and South? How different are the northern and southern cultures? How have the North and South tried to resolve their problems? What is the current relationship between the northern and southern states?

Essay Topic 2

How important is it to the story to understand the Flash series as a whole? What references does the author make to previous Flash books and what effect do you think it has on both a first-time reader of the series and someone who already is a fan of the series?

Essay Topic 3

What are Brown's strengths and weaknesses as a leader? How does he persuade people to follow him so fanatically?

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