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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 kind of animal takes Flash to the meeting?

2. Whose leadership does Lal Singh say he admires?

3. Who does Goolab kill in this section?

4. What is Flash's opinion of Sir Harry Gough?

5. What country is Joshiah from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the two people Flash meets in the house?

2. What does Flashman overhear at one of Khlasa's democratic meetings?

3. What does Flash overhear from under the billiard table?

4. What part does the Koh-i-Noor paly in this section?

5. What are the differences between the characters of Gardner and Jassa?

6. What are the traditions of a suttee funeral?

7. How does Flashman almost die in this section?

8. What does Flash say about Punjab in this section?

9. Why is Broadfoot worried about sending Flah into Lahore?

10. Why do people visit Flash in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the history of Punjab? How has the area evolved since the 1850s? How accurate is the author's representation of Punjab?

Essay Topic 2

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 the novel add to Flashman's character?

Essay Topic 3

In what could it be said that Flashman is not necessary the coward he suggests? What does it say about Flashman's characters and the readers perceptive of him that he claims he is a coward?

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