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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Izzat Kutebar?
(a) He is a tradesman.
(b) He is a governor.
(c) He is a bandit.
(d) He is a prince.

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

5. What does East do to Flashman when their escape fails?
(a) East runs away in fear.
(b) East miraculously lifts the sled off Flashman and they escape.
(c) East abandon's him underneath the overturned sled.
(d) East decides to stay and fight with his commrade.

6. What is the tortured man's name?
(a) Kutebar
(b) Flashman can't understand his name.
(c) Yakub Beg.
(d) The Silk One

7. What fate awaits Flashman when he is captured after his escape attempt?
(a) Flogging.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Knouting.
(d) Stoning.

8. Why does one of the other prisoners tell Flashman to "take heart"?
(a) He tells Flashman that he might be luckier than he knew.
(b) He thanks Flashman profusely for helping him and tells Flashman to take his heart.
(c) He tells Flashman that if could be worse, he could get knouted.
(d) He tells Flashman that it could be worse, he could be dead.

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

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

11. When the Russians surround Flashman, what does he say he is waiting for?
(a) The pierce of a lance.
(b) A hot drink of brandy.
(c) Valla to come save him.
(d) A flogging.

12. Where is Count Ignatieff eventually taking Flashman?
(a) Back to Starotosk.
(b) To India.
(c) To Crimea.
(d) To England.

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

14. Where do Flashman, East and Valla first refuel and get supplies during their escape?
(a) At the Sea of Azov.
(b) Arabat.
(c) In Yenitchi.
(d) Starotorsk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Flashman and Scud East know each other from?

2. When Ignatieff asks Flashman about Item 7, what does he say?

3. Why is the peasant uprising opportune for East and Flashman?

4. Where is Flashman caught geographically after his escape from Starovosk?

5. What is the name of the man that Flashman relieves when he arrives in the cell?

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