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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Flashman believe Scud East abandoned him?
(a) Because he was terrified and wanted to get away.
(b) Because Flashman tossed Valla overboard the sled.
(c) Because he was freezing and wanted to find shelter.
(d) Because he truly wanted to deliver the message to Lord Raglan.

4. Where is Flashman caught geographically after his escape from Starovosk?
(a) On the "Arrow of Arabat."
(b) At Starotorsk.
(c) They don't catch him, he gets away!
(d) At Yenitchi.

5. How does the Count think of Flashman?
(a) He does't care one way or another.
(b) He thinks Flashman is brave, but stupid.
(c) He thinks of Flashman as a son.
(d) He doesn't care much for Flashman.

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

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

8. In order to make the sled go faster, what do East and Flashman have to do?
(a) Make the sled run straighter.
(b) Make the horses run faster.
(c) Push the sled.
(d) Make the sled lighter.

9. What is Flashman relieved to hear about Count Pencherjevsky and Valla?
(a) That they are safe.
(b) That they didn't want Flashman to be tortured.
(c) That they had both died.
(d) They they were injured, but going to be okay.

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

11. What do Kutebar and Flashman take turns doing?
(a) Verbally abusing Yakub Beg.
(b) Holding up Yakub Beg to ease his pain.
(c) Singing songs about their native lands.
(d) Trying to bribe the guard to let them out.

12. Why does Flashman feel he would have been more qualified to deliver the message to Lord Raglan?
(a) Because he was more fit to travel.
(b) Because Flashman could speak better Russian than East.
(c) Because he was a higher ranking officer in the military.
(d) Because he would have delivered it out of pure cowardice and self-love.

13. What noise does Kutebar make in the cell during the dead of night at Fort Raim?
(a) He makes an animal cry.
(b) He is completely silent.
(c) He screams.
(d) A low whistle, which most people wouldn't even notice.

14. What is the name of the man that Flashman relieves when he arrives in the cell?
(a) The Silk One
(b) Yakub Beg
(c) Izzat Kutebar
(d) Flashman can't understand his name.

15. What is Flashman's survival strategy for when the odds are against him?
(a) To have a positive attitude.
(b) To stay calm and cheat.
(c) To focus.
(d) To win over his captors.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the rescue, where do the Tajiks take Flashman after riding for hours?

2. What is the tortured man's name?

3. Where do Flashman, East and Valla first refuel and get supplies during their escape?

4. Yakub Beg makes Flashman his what?

5. When the Russians surround Flashman, what does he say he is waiting for?

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