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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. Who was the first person to write about Amazons?

2. What is John Charity Spring's position aboard the ship?

3. How is Flashman related to John Morrison?

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

5. What name does Flashman adopt in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman describe King Gezo?

2. What is Flashman's opinion of George Washington?

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

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

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

6. How does Flashman's seasickness affect him aboard the Balliol College?

7. What happens to Looney in this section?

8. How does Flashman almost kill Bryant?

9. How does Flashman describe the sleep barque aboard the ship?

10. How does Morrison save Flashman?

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

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

Choose two of the following people and outline his/her influence on Flashman's life:

1. Morrison.

2. Elspeth.

3. Spring.

4. Abraham Lincoln.

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