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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 Sher Khan threaten to use to kill Flashman?

2. Why does Flashman say it is so difficult to convince Lt. O'Toole he is a British officer?

3. What kind of animal is a mugger?

4. Who does Flashman condemn as a hypocrite in chapter eight?

5. What does Flashman pretend to be willing to do as an officer in chapter eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Ilderim angry with Flashman at the beginning of chapter seven?

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

5. Why does Rose reject the idea of using a platoon to capture Lakshmibai?

6. How does Wheeler keep Flashman busy in chapter nine?

7. How does General Neill clean the floors in the Bibigarh?

8. Why does Flashman not like what the liberal writer later said about Gen. Neill's actions in the Bibigraph?

9. Why does Flashman think Jhansi is the best place for him to go?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the seventies? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid-19th century society.

1. The Spanish gold coin.

2. Pip's insanity.

3. Mistrust of other cultures.

Essay Topic 3

How accurate and fair do the students think Fraser's representation of the Great Indian Mutiny is? How do you think an Indian writer would have represented the mutiny?

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