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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. How does Flashy describe Spring's eyes?

2. Where does Franklin B. Sanborn live?

3. What does Flashy tell Jemima to pull in?

4. Where are Flash and Annette talking about the past?

5. What does Joe tell Flashy to do once Flashy is on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Crixus say Brown needs Flash's help?

2. What does Atropos tell Flash about the Kuklos?

3. Why is Flash tempted to sleep with Miranda?

4. What is Flash's opinion of slavery?

5. What does Pinkerton want Flash to do before he allows him to see the British consul?

6. Why does Flash turn down Pinkerton's offer?

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

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

9. How does Flash know Annette?

10. What does Atropos think will happen after the 1860 elections?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Flashman's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Flashman's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does Flashman and the Angel of the Lord add to Flashman's character?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following historical characters and discuss Flashman's opinion of them and why he holds that opinion.

1. William Seward.

2. Abraham Lincoln.

3. John Brown.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Flashman's character to the person he is at the beginning of the book to the one he is at the end.

1. What does Flashman hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events change Flashman's ideas about life?

3. How does Flashman's character change by the end of the book?

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