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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Flashman and East discover Item 7?
(a) By eavesdropping on a secret military meeting.
(b) Count Pencherjevsky confides in Flashman.
(c) Valla tells Flashman when they are in bed together.
(d) Valla tells East when they are in bed together.

2. Who does Flashman go to the pool hall with?
(a) Lord Cardigan.
(b) Cutts.
(c) Elspeth.
(d) Speed.

3. Where does Campbell believe that the main Russian advance will be directed?
(a) Back towards Balaclava.
(b) North of the Causeway.
(c) South of the Causeway.
(d) He doesn't think there will be another Russian advance.

4. What does Flashman suppose in the first line of Chapter 8?
(a) That "East was not as good of a Christian" as he thought.
(b) That he "probably shouldn't have tossed Valla out of the carraige."
(c) That he "probably shouldn't have tried to escape."
(d) That his "life has been full of poetic justice."

5. Who does Flashman blame for him learning about Item 7?
(a) Scud East.
(b) Valla.
(c) Aunt Sara.
(d) Count Pencherjevsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once they arrive in Syr Daria, where is Flashman placed?

2. Why is Elspeth delighted by the friendship/mentor-ship between Flashman and Prince William?

3. What is Flashman's personal nickname for Lord Cardigan?

4. Why doesn't Lord Raglan like beards?

5. How is Prince Albert painted as a character?

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