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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. When Flashman re-joins the siege operations, what is his first mission?
(a) He must rest a little longer until he is fully recovered.
(b) He must go fetch Lord Cardigan from his yacht.
(c) He is leading the cavalry charge against the Russians.
(d) Lord Raglan has Flashman deliver a message to Campbell.

2. What is in the locket that Willy has around his neck?
(a) A picture of Elspeth.
(b) A picture of his favorite prostitute.
(c) A lock of hair.
(d) A picture of the Queen.

3. What country does Britain go to war with?
(a) Russia.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) The United States.
(d) China.

4. Who's estate is Flashman staying at while he is a prisoner of war?
(a) With Count Ignatieff.
(b) The estate of a peasant family.
(c) With Count Pencherjevksy.
(d) It's an old hotel in the Russian countryside owned by the government.

5. Why does Flashman say that Lord Raglan is the worst kind of General imaginable?
(a) Because he is weak and cowardly.
(b) Because Lord Raglan blames Flashman for the Prince's death.
(c) Because Lord Raglan just wants to go home.
(d) Because he is brave, optimistic and ready to take on all the odds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Flashman meet Captain Count Nicholas Pavlovitch Ignatieff?

3. What is Flashman doing when he catches Elspeth and Lord Cardigan?

4. When Lord Raglan and Flashman are speaking about William after the battle, what does Raglan tell Flashman he has done?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Flashman vow to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Flashman weep so bitterly when he finds Willy dead?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe how Elspeth reacts when Flashman confronts her about catching her almost cheating on him with Lord Cardigan.

7. What reason is given for Lord Cardigan kicking Flashy out of the 11th Hussars 14 years earlier?

8. Explain how Flashy helped the young naive "greenhorn" in the pool hall beat Cutts in a game of pool. Why did he help the greenhorn?

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

10. Explain why Flashman considers Raglan a hypocrite in Chapter 3.

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