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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Flashman suppose in the first line of Chapter 8?
(a) That his "life has been full of poetic justice."
(b) That he "probably shouldn't have tried to escape."
(c) That he "probably shouldn't have tossed Valla out of the carraige."
(d) That "East was not as good of a Christian" as he thought.
2. What is the danger that East heard?
(a) The crying of a woman.
(b) Distant hoof beats.
(c) The shooting of guns.
(d) The cry of wolves.
3. What is Flashman the most terrified of during his and East's escape?
(a) Being caught with his pants down by East.
(b) Being found out by Russian soldiers.
(c) That Valla will freeze to death.
(d) Being attacked by wolves.
4. Where is Count Ignatieff eventually taking Flashman?
(a) To India.
(b) To England.
(c) Back to Starotosk.
(d) To Crimea.
5. Where do Flashman, East and Valla first refuel and get supplies during their escape?
(a) At the Sea of Azov.
(b) Starotorsk.
(c) Arabat.
(d) In Yenitchi.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Flashman admire about Count Pencherjevsky?
2. Why does Scud invite Flashman outside to go for a walk to talk?
3. What is the scene that Flashman encounters when he is placed in the cell with two men?
4. Where is Flashman caught geographically after his escape from Starovosk?
5. Yakub Beg tells Flashman that he is the first foreigner to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the situation that Flashman walks into when he is put in the cell.
2. Explain why Flashman is momentarily wary of seeing Scud East at Pencherjevsky's estate.
3. What obstacles must East and Flashman overcome in order to make a successful escape?
4. How does Flashman try to get out of helping Yakub Beg and his people fight the Russians?
5. Explain how Flashman found out that the Silk One was actually a female.
6. Describe why Flashman feels comforted by the desert.
7. Explain why Count Pencherjevsky doesn't like Valla's husband?
8. Explain why Flashman might consider his predicament in Chapter 8 as "poetic justice".
9. Explain why Count Ignatieff decides to take Flashman with him to India.
10. How does Flashman describe the passage through the Arabian Nights?
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