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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 Flashman say he must do in court?

2. What does Flashman force the posse to do when he points his gun at Robinson?

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

4. Where does Flashman swim to at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. How does Flashman say he is related to Tom Little?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baily tell Flashman about slavery in America in Chapter 13?

2. How does Cassy kill Tom and George?

3. What does Flashman soon realize about the trial?

4. What does Lincoln tell Buck in Chapter 12?

5. What opinion does Lincoln give about slavery in Chapter 13?

6. What is Cassy's opinion of men?

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

8. Why does Flashman decide to lie in court?

9. What does Cassy say will happen to them both if the authorities catch them?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Fraser say about debauchery? How does he use the main characters and story to express his view?

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 one of the following and examine their real life equivalent. How did the author adapt it for his book?

1. The abolitionist movement.

2. The slave trade.

3. Southern America culture.

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