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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 kind of transport does Flash use to escape the town?

2. What does Flash say Brown is rather than insane?

3. What does Flash say has happened twenty times in his career?

4. What do the riders hold as they recruit freed slaves?

5. What does Brown do when morale plunges?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Flash's first impressions of Brown?

2. How does Hannah Popplewell help Flash?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Brown rent out a farmhouse?

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 skills does Flashman show as a soldier and a spy? Why does he downplay his skills and achievements?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following historical characters and discuss Flashman's opinion of them and why he holds that opinion.

1. William Seward.

2. Abraham Lincoln.

3. John Brown.

Essay Topic 3

In what way could it be said that Brown's death started the Civil War? How do people view Brown in today's America?

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