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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 does Flashman start to long for as Christmas approaches?

2. What does Cassy say she was forced to work as at 13?

3. What does Miss Rivers own?

4. What is the name of the slave girl with whom Flashman sleeps?

5. What is the name of the prosecutor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman find a job in Chapter 10?

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

3. Why does Cassy associate freedom with Britain?

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

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

6. How do Flashman and Cassy escape Buck Robinson and his men?

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

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

9. What does Flashman soon realize about the trial?

10. How do John and his men decide to deal with 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

Why does Fraser end the book as he does? In what other ways could he have ended the book? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

Essay Topic 3

What did Cassy suffer as a slave in the 1850s? What would Cassy's life have been like if she had been born in today's America?

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