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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. How does Douglass describe Brown's mission?

2. With whom is Flash collecting arms at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?

3. During what month does Meriam donate $600?

4. How does Flash say Brown acted in victory?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Messervy reassure Flash?

2. Why does Hannah let Flash go?

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

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

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

6. What does Flash think of Kagi?

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

8. What are Kagi's last words?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems exist between the North and South? How different are the northern and southern cultures? How have the North and South tried to resolve their problems? What is the current relationship between the northern and southern states?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is Flashman's opinion of Brown? In what way does it differ from the popular opinions of the time and why?

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