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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 kills Moore in chapter nine?

2. What kind of weapon does Iderim hand Flashman at the end of chapter seven?

3. What illness does Campbell die from?

4. What does Kavanaugh give Flashman 5 rupees for?

5. What country does Flashman say that he wants to go to after India?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman react to East's death in chapter nine?

2. Why is Kavanaugh not the ideal man for the mission in chapter ten?

3. What happens when Flashman and the others flee into a temple?

4. How does Flashman describe life in Cawnpore garrison?

5. How does Flashman convince O'Toole that he is a British soldier?

6. How does O'Toole react to Flashman's story about Jhansi?

7. How does Rose plan to get Flashman inside Jhansi?

8. What does Flashman think about Lakshmibai in chapter eleven?

9. In what way is the situation desperate at the beginning of chapter eight?

10. How does Flashman escape the crocodiles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Fraser say about cultural oppression?In what way does British colonialism both benefit and harm India? What kind of country do the students think India would have evolved into if the Britain had not colonized them?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Ishmael's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Ishmael hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Ishmael ideas about life?

3. How has Ishmael's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine sex in the book.

1. How do the characters in the book view sex?

2. Do the characters need to be sex to cope in the world that the author portrays?

3. How did the public react to the book's sex when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

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