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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 Elspeth say she is determined to uphold?

2. Whose deaths does Flashman witness as he floats away?

3. Who resents Flashman mounting the queen?

4. Who does Flashman ask to see when he is captured?

5. What does Muller disappear into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Flashman suspicious everyone is treating him so well?

2. How does the Prince want Flashman to help him in Chapter 11?

3. Why does Haslam say he kidnapped Elspeth?

4. Why does the author tell the story from the first point of view?

5. What does Flashman view from the anteroom?

6. Summarize Chapter 12.

7. How does Flashman react when J.B. asks him to storm the fort?

8. How does Flashman dodge Elspeth's question about Mrs. Lade?

9. Describe the setting in Chapter 9.

10. What is Flashman worried about in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1840s.

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

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

3. Does modern society share any values with 1840s Britain?

Essay Topic 2

What are the main turning points of the book? How does Fraser develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Flashman's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Flashman hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Flashman ideas about life?

3. How has Flashman's character changed by the end of the book?

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