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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 new post does Lord Raglan give to Flashman?
(a) He sends Flashman to the front line.
(b) To supervise Prince William of Celle while he is studying in London.
(c) He doesn't give him a new post; he just tells him to work harder.
(d) He makes Flashman his personal assistant.

2. At Marjorie's party in Chapter 2, what does Flashman stumble upon Elspeth and Lord Cardigan doing?
(a) Riding together on Lord Cardigan's horse.
(b) Dancing together.
(c) About to be intimate.
(d) Shopping together.

3. Who is the "fastest" galloper that Raglan sends to deliver a message to Lucan?
(a) Lew Nolan.
(b) Billy Russell.
(c) Harry Flashman.
(d) Lord Cardigan.

4. How does Flashman describe the Russian civil servants?
(a) As a bad lot who were pompous and stupid.
(b) As stoic goverment servants.
(c) As genial drunks.
(d) As very nice, but stupid.

5. Why is Flashman's wife mortified?
(a) Because he wasn't able to get into the Board of Ordnance.
(b) Because he is a coward.
(c) Because he wouldn't be wearing the proud pink and blue of the 11th Hussars.
(d) Because he is having an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. After finding out about Willy's fate, what does Raglan ask Flashman that seems inappropriate?

2. What happens as Flashman attempts to flee the battle?

3. How does Flashman find his journey through the Russian countryside?

4. How does Flashman describe the Battle of Alma from the start?

5. How well does Prince William perform his duties in the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman describe Willy?

2. Explain why Willy annoys Flashman in the events leading up to, and also during the first part of the Battle of Alma.

3. Does Flashman believe his wife when she claims she didn't know that Lord Cardigan would be in her room? Explain why or why not.

4. Explain why Lew Nolan goes off about Lord Raglan being a fool.

5. After the incident with Count Ignatieff, why does Flashman understand how Tsar Ivan got his nickname? What is Tsar Ivan's nickname?

6. How does Flashy describe the Board of Ordnance, and how does he decide to get through it?

7. Describe how the Battle of Alma is exaggerated in English art.

8. What was the only probable explanation that the Russians could come up with as for why the Light Brigade Charged?

9. Describe Captain Count Nicholas Pavlovitch Ignatieff.

10. Describe the scene in Varna when Flashman and Willy arrived.

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