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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the party that saves the three prisoners, who seems to have the authority?
(a) A very slight boy.
(b) Kutebar.
(c) No one has authority; it's total chaos.
(d) Yakub Beg.

2. When Flashman finally goes to his cell after witnessing the "demonstration", why does he feel relieved?
(a) Flashman is eager to plan his esacpe.
(b) Flashman just wants to get some sleep.
(c) Flashman is happy to get away from Count Ignatieff's evil eyes.
(d) Flashman is relieved he wasn't knouted.

3. What does Flashman admire about Count Pencherjevsky?
(a) His taste for fine things.
(b) His brutish manner.
(c) His treatment of the serfs.
(d) His record as a solider.

4. When Ignatieff asks Flashman about Item 7, what does he say?
(a) He refuses to tell Ignatieff anything.
(b) He passes out from fear.
(c) He lies to Ignatieff and sends him on a false trail.
(d) He cries and tell Ignatieff everything he knows.

5. What does the Silk One call Flashman?
(a) An infidel.
(b) A fool.
(c) A coward.
(d) A very brave man.

6. What does Count Ignatieff show Flashman for his own "benefit"?
(a) He shows Flashman the slave labor he will be doing.
(b) He shoots a prisoner in front of Flashman.
(c) He shows Flashman a starving prisoner.
(d) He knouts a prisoner in front of Flashman.

7. What is the purpose of Aunt Sara introducing Flashman to the Russian steam bath?
(a) To get him to bathe himself.
(b) To warm him up from the bitter Russian cold.
(c) To seduce him and test his virility.
(d) To get him to relax.

8. Where does Flashman say he will finally feel safe?
(a) Only when he reaches London and his favorite ale house.
(b) Only when he is back in Elspeth's arms.
(c) Only when Count Ignatieff is dead.
(d) Only when he is able to get the news of the Russian invasion to his commanders.

9. What fairytale character does Flashman compare Count Pencherjevsky to?
(a) The evil queen in Sleeping Beauty.
(b) The giant from Jack and the Bean Stalk.
(c) Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(d) The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.

10. What language do the two other prisoners speak, and how does Flashman know?
(a) They speak Persian, which Flashman understands perfectly.
(b) They speak Russian, which Flashman understands perfectly.
(c) They speak English.
(d) They speak French, which Flashman understands perfectly.

11. After the Russian steam bath, what does Count Pencherjevsky propose to Flashman?
(a) That Flashman should take baths more often.
(b) That Flashman sleep with Valla and try to get her pregnant.
(c) That Flashman sleep with Aunt Sara and try to get her pregnant.
(d) That Flashman try to make an escape.

12. Flashman goes snooping through East's writings and discovers a long letter to whom?
(a) Tom Brown.
(b) Valla.
(c) Lord Cardigan.
(d) Lord Raglan.

13. What is the scene that Flashman encounters when he is placed in the cell with two men?
(a) Both men are pased out on the cell floor.
(b) Flashman passes out when he reaches the cell.
(c) One man hanging from all for limbs and another underneath him trying to hold him up.
(d) A terrible smell of the two men who haven't bathed.

14. Who says "Put no faith in women, and as much in Chinese"?
(a) Flashman.
(b) Yakub Beg.
(c) The Silk One.
(d) Kutebar.

15. How does Flashman flatter the Pencherjevsky family?
(a) He decides to stay in Russia even though he is allowed to go home.
(b) He eagerly learns the Russian language.
(c) He buys them expensive wine.
(d) He talks about how wonderful the Russian army is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Count Ignatieff eventually taking Flashman?

2. Why does one of the other prisoners tell Flashman to "take heart"?

3. How does the Count feel about Scud East?

4. Why does Flashman believe Scud East abandoned him?

5. Why is Flashman sure that Afghanistan will side with the Russians?

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