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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. Where does Brown send Joe to order breakfast?

2. How does Flash say Brown acted in victory?

3. What is the name of the first bridge the group captures?

4. What does Brown offer to do at the meeting?

5. How does Douglass describe Brown's mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flash escape the mob in this section?

2. How does Hannah Popplewell help Flash?

3. How does Seward persuade Flash to assist the American government?

4. What does Douglass think of Brown's plan?

5. What wild stories does Flash hear about Brown?

6. What information does Messervy give Flash about Brown?

7. How does Flash try to delay Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry?

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

9. Why can't Flashy sleep at the end of this section?

10. Why does Hannah let Flash go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Flashman seek the limelight despite his own admissions that he is a coward? How does Flash hide his true self from his superiors? What would happen to Flash if his superiors knew he was not all he claims?

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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