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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 bits does Flashman say he omits from his story to Lincoln?

2. What is the name of the steamship Flashman sails on in Chapter 9?

3. What does the red-haired auctioneer like to drink?

4. What does Flashman threaten to do to Randolph does not stop complaining?

5. What does Lincoln say Cassy will never wear again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the charges against Spring?

2. How does Lincoln ease Flashman's worries in Chapter 13?

3. What does Cassy tell Flashman about her life thus far?

4. What is John's relationship with his wife, Annie?

5. How do Flashman and Cassy escape Buck Robinson and his men?

6. How does Flashman's situation differ from Randolph's?

7. How does Flashman deal with Omohundro?

8. What does Flashman soon realize about the trial?

9. How does Flashman find a job in Chapter 10?

10. What does Flashman think about Annie's refusal to socialize with him after sex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine sex in the book.

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

2. How did 1850s American and British society view sex?

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

Why does Fraser end the book as he does? In what other ways could he have ended the book? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

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