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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 is the only thing Annie is wearing when she reappears from her bedroom?

2. What country does Baily think owns Balliol College?

3. From what state is Peter Omohundro?

4. What does the crowd ask Cassy to do when she is on the auction stage?

5. What is the name of the prosecutor's assistant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman soon realize about the trial?

2. How does Flashman deal with Omohundro?

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

4. Why does Flashman decide to lie in court?

5. How does Flashman manage to escape the U.S. Navy?

6. How do John and his men decide to deal with Flashman?

7. What do Drusilla and Messalina recall in court?

8. What are the charges against Spring?

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

10. What does Cassy say will happen to them both if the authorities catch them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following historical figures in Fraser's book and discuss how Fraser represents him/her in FLASH FOR FREEDOM! and why he represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against Fraser's representation of that person's life?

1. Abraham Lincoln.

2. Benjamin Disraeli.

3. King Gezo.

4. Fanny Locke.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of the 1850s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the book express the changes America was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1850s Russia?

Essay Topic 3

What was Spring's life like as a slave trader? Why does Spring make such a successful slave trader? How did he justify the work to himself?

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