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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 is the date that the entirety of Chapter 4 takes place on?
(a) October 31st, 1850.
(b) October 1st, 1854.
(c) December 1st, 1854.
(d) October 25th, 1854.

2. Who or what does Prince William turn out to be?
(a) A lazy, good-for nothing royal.
(b) A spoiled brat.
(c) A brilliant soldier, eager to do battle.
(d) The greenhorn that Cutts took advantage of at the pool hall.

3. How does Flashman find his journey through the Russian countryside?
(a) Depressing, dreary and frightening.
(b) Quite exciting.
(c) Cold, but fun.
(d) He is homesick, but he is enjoys the journey.

4. Once Flashman gets to mainland Russia, where do they keep him?
(a) At a local police station.
(b) In a prison.
(c) He never goes to mainland Russia.
(d) On a country estate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Flashman describe the Russian soldiers?

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

3. Where does Elspeth spend the night on the evening of the dance?

4. What does every traveler have to show while traveling in Russia?

5. What country does Britain go to war with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman describe Willy?

2. Describe what made Flashman's spirits lift once he gets to Count Pencherjevsky's estate.

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

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

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

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

7. What reason does Flashman give for being jealous after seeing Elspeth's interaction with Lord Cardigan?

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

9. Explain why Flashman says that Elspeth is "in her element."

10. How does Flashman catch Elspeth with Lord Cardigan? Describe the events.

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