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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 are the royal family meeting with in this section?

2. Who is the only person the Khlasa recognize as a leader?

3. Who does Gough say told him about the young Flashman?

4. What is Dalip playing with in his room?

5. Why does Khan think Flash is faking cowardice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flash avoid the swordsmen in this section?

2. What does Broadfoot say will be Flash's real task in Lahore?

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

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

5. How does Jeendan persuade the Khalsa that Lal Singh is the best man to lead them?

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

7. Why has the Queen summoned Flash and Elspeth?

8. How does Jeenda react to her brother's death?

9. What compromise do Jeendan and the Khalsa come to in this section?

10. What does Flash find about his role as a spy in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are the Khalsam such a threat to the British? What would have happened if the Khalsam had defeated the British?

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

What do people think Flash has achieved? In what way does Flash's own view of himself contradict how the public sees him? How would someone like Flash be represented in the media today?

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