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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. How does Flash describe his present wounds?

3. Like what does Brown tell his son to die?

4. Who stops Flash from escaping?

5. Whose sword does Brown carry into battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Kagi's last words?

2. How does Brown act at his trial?

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

4. What does Flash tell Joe at the end of this section?

5. How does Messervy reassure Flash?

6. How does Brown act when the southerners capture him?

7. What does Flash hear Brown saying at the beginning of the section?

8. What information does Messervy give Flash about Brown?

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

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

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

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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