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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. Who does Flashman say he intends to thwart?

2. About whose fate does Hannah ask?

3. Who do the American government ask Flash to kill?

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

5. Jerry Anderson feels guilty about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flash think of Hannah Popplewell?

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

3. Why does Flash wish Seward had become President?

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

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

6. What does Flash think of Kagi?

7. How do the people react to Brown's death?

8. How does Hannah Popplewell help Flash?

9. What are Kagi's last words?

10. What wild stories does Flash hear about Brown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Spring want to exact revenge against Flashman? How does Spring work on Flashman's weaknesses to exact his revenge?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Underground Railroad? How important was it to the abolitionist movement? How accurate is Fraser's representation of the group? How does he change his representation to fit the story?

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