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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What diseases are both the British and the Russian armies suffering from?
(a) The common cold and the Black Plague.
(b) Small Pox and Measles.
(c) Dysentary and Cholera.
(d) The Flu and Polio.

2. How does the Count feel about Scud East?
(a) He doesn't really care one way or another.
(b) He wishes East were his son-in-law.
(c) He thinks East is soft and doesn't like him much.
(d) He thinks of East as a son.

3. 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.

4. What is Item 7?
(a) A planned Russian invasion of Britain.
(b) A 30,000-man Russian invasion of Northern India.
(c) A new carriage that Count Pencherjevsky wants to buy for Valla.
(d) A planned Russian retreat in Crimea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy do when confronted with the battle?

2. What does Raglan do with Flashman after the tragedy?

3. Flashman goes snooping through East's writings and discovers a long letter to whom?

4. How do the two other prisoners at Fort Raim talk to each other?

5. What fairytale character does Flashman compare Count Pencherjevsky to?

(see the answer key)

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