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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 the red-haired auctioneer like to drink?

2. What is the name of the plantation to which Flashman walks?

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

4. Who does Cassy shoot in Chapter 11?

5. What does Flashman say he will give to Spring in exchange for passage back to England?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Flashman deal with Omohundro?

4. What does Cassy tell Flashman about her life thus far?

5. What does Flashman soon realize about the trial?

6. Why does Cassy associate freedom with Britain?

7. What does Lincoln tell Buck in Chapter 12?

8. What does Flashman think about Annie's refusal to socialize with him after sex?

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

10. How does Cassy kill Tom and George?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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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