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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 Ilderim lecture about to Flashman?

2. Who is Ellenborough worried Flashman may embarrass?

3. What does Khan offer Flashman during his stay in India?

4. Who does Flashman think has poisoned his ghillie?

5. What city does Flashman learn has fallen at the end of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman defend British culture?

2. What problems does the Lakshmibai say the white sahibs are causing?

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

4. Why does Flashman think Ignatieff has come to Balmoral?

5. How does Flashman react when he is paired with Ignatieff on the hunting trip?

6. What does Flashman say he believes about religion?

7. How does Flashman deal with the mutineer he meets in chapter six?

8. Describe the party at Balmoral.

9. How has India changed since the last time Flashman was there?

10. How does Flashman settle into life in the Indian army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Fraser say about sex? How does he use the main characters and settings to express his view? How would the British have reacted to such a book if it was released in Victorian times?

Essay Topic 2

Compare African and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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