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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 is the name of the first bridge the group captures?

2. Who does Seward say he hopes to visit in England?

3. Why is Flash confident Joe will not expose him?

4. What is the name of the most famous black man in America?

5. Jerry Anderson feels guilty about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brown rent out a farmhouse?

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

3. How do things change for the worse for Brown and his men?

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

5. How has Joe changed in this section?

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

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

8. Why does Flash wish Seward had become President?

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

10. Why does Hannah let Flash go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What meaning does it give the story that Kuklos and all of the group's members have Greek names? Choose one of the Greek names and discuss its significance in context of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How accurate do the students think is the author's representation of events proceeding the Civil War? What changes did the author make to make the story more entertaining?

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