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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 name of Flashman's bunkmate?

2. What culture's style does Flashman adopt in Chapter 7?

3. Where does Crixus say Flashman can find the fastest route back to England?

4. What is the name of Crixus' extraordinary slave?

5. Who does Flashman call Bible reared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story Sullivan relates to Flashman about another captain of slaver?

2. Why does Flashman think people against the slave trade are full of hypocrisy?

3. What does Crixus tell Flashman about the Underground Railroad?

4. How does Flashman know the Balliol College is a slaver ship?

5. What happens to Looney in this section?

6. How does Spring deal with the slaves once they are aboard the ship?

7. What is Sullivan's opinion of Spring?

8. Why does Flashman think Elspeth's child is not his?

9. How does Susie Willnick help out Flashman?

10. Why is Flashman so disappointed in Lady Caroline Lamb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What did Cassy suffer as a slave in the 1850s? What would Cassy's life have been like if she had been born in today's America?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Flashman's lifestyle show him as an anti-hero? How does Flashman's lifestyle go against English society during the 1850s? What does it say about British society in the 1850s that someone like Flashman could become famous?

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