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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 country do the politicians debate over dinner?

2. What did Flashman inherit from his grandfather, Paget?

3. What color is Fanny's hair?

4. What kind of instrument introduces the Amazon women?

5. Who treats Comber in this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Abraham's opinion of slaves?

3. What is Lincoln's opinion of the Californian Gold Rush?

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

5. How does Flashman almost kill Bryant?

6. How does Flashman describe King Gezo?

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

8. What happens to Looney in this section?

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

10. What is happening in England when Flashman returns?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Flashman's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Flashman's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does FLASH FOR FREEDOM! add to Flash's character?

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

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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