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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 Flash say has happened twenty times in his career?

2. What does Brown say he wishes he had studied?

3. What does Joe say is the only thing that could improve his lot?

4. Who stops Flash from escaping?

5. Who does Flashman say he intends to thwart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestions does Flash make to Brown in this section?

2. What does Flash remember about Brown at the farmhouse?

3. How does Messervy reassure Flash?

4. How does Flash react to the violence he sees at the end of the section.

5. What are Flash's first impressions of Brown?

6. What wild stories does Flash hear about Brown?

7. How does Brown act when they first raid the town?

8. How does Joe persuade Brown to let Flash help him get the breakfast?

9. How does Hannah Popplewell help Flash?

10. Why does Hannah let Flash go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could it be said that Brown's death started the Civil War? How do people view Brown in today's America?

Essay Topic 2

What is Flashman's goal in the novel and what are his motivations for achieving this goal? What do his shallow motivations say about his character? How does Fraser create a likable character despite the character's shallowness?

Essay Topic 3

In what way could Flashman's narrative be described as unreliable? Is this always the case with first person point of view? How does Fraser use the first person point of view to create meaning?

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