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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flashy say is the beauty of a martyr's crown?
(a) It outshines everything.
(b) It lasts forever.
(c) It never dulls.
(d) It is honorable.

2. Who wrote a novel called Recollections?
(a) Mary Shelley.
(b) George Elliott.
(c) Countess of Cardigan.
(d) Marquis de Sade.

3. Why was Flashy sold into slavery during his last trip to America?
(a) He helped a slave to escape.
(b) He tried to kill a prominent politician.
(c) He had sex with the slave master's wife.
(d) He was a spy for the British.

4. What does Joe tell Flashy to do once Flashy is on the street?
(a) Catch a cab to where he wants.
(b) Go to Joe's father's house.
(c) Go to the nearest police station.
(d) Steal a horse.

5. What does Flashy say Eslpeth will give him when he takes the children back covered in dirt and toffee?
(a) A wigging.
(b) A ligging.
(c) A fat lip.
(d) A tug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Brown try to establish a black republic?

2. Who does the woman Flashy presumes is a prostitute think Flashy is?

3. With whom do the men in white hoods want Flash to enlist?

4. What does Flashy swear to Spring that he didn't do?

5. Who does Atropos say will surround Flash all the time he is in Boston?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Flash decide he has no choice but to play along with Crixus?

2. What does Annette reveal to Flash about Atropos?

3. How does Flash identify the agents in the dining room?

4. How does Crixus describe Brown?

5. Why does Flashman start telling a story about John Brown?

6. What does Spring say he has arranged for Flash?

7. How does Flash escape Crixus?

8. Why does Flash think war over slavery is inevitable?

9. How does Flashman manage to preserve his reputation in this section?

10. What childhood memory is Flash reminded of at the beginning of Chapter Eight?

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