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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 bits does Flashman say he omits from his story to Lincoln?

2. What is the name of the river that is the boundary between slave and free states?

3. How does Annie want Flashman to punish Hermia?

4. To what state does Jim Bakewell want to go?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peter Omohundro present a problem in Chapter 9?

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

3. Why does Cassy associate freedom with Britain?

4. What is John's relationship with his wife, Annie?

5. What are the charges against Spring?

6. What do Drusilla and Messalina recall in court?

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

8. How does Flashman deal with Omohundro?

9. How does Cassy kill Tom and George?

10. What does Flashman soon realize about the trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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

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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