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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 controls whilst talking to the Queen?

2. In what language does Lakshmibai read the petition?

3. What do the Muslim and Hindus believe the British want to pollute?

4. What does Lakshimibai challenge Flashman to?

5. What country does Flashman tell stories about at Balmoral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lakshmibai say the Indians think of British culture?

2. Why does John Nicholson foresee problems in India?

3. How does Flashman deal with the Pathan, Sher Khan in chapter three?

4. How do people prove unsympathetic to the attempt on Flashman's life?

5. How does Flashman escape the Russians in chapter two?

6. How does Carmichael-Smith punish those who refuse the bullets?

7. Why is Flashman so shocked with what he sees in chapter six?

8. How does Flashman get into the Indian army in chapter five?

9. How does the Queen greet Flashman when he arrives at the pavilion?

10. How does Flashman deal with Mrs. Leslie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Fraser say about inhumanity? Do you agree the Indians acted just as inhumanely as the British? In what way does the first-person narrator perspective cloud the British atrocities?

Essay Topic 2

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

1. The British Secret Service.

2. SMERSH

3. The gold trade

Essay Topic 3

What is Flash's current lifestyle? In what way does Flash's lifestyle not fit in with Victorian society? What kind of lifestyle would someone like Flash would be expected to have in today's society?

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