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

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

3. What is the scene that Flashman encounters when he is placed in the cell with two men?
(a) A terrible smell of the two men who haven't bathed.
(b) Flashman passes out when he reaches the cell.
(c) One man hanging from all for limbs and another underneath him trying to hold him up.
(d) Both men are pased out on the cell floor.

4. What does Kutebar say that a word of thanks between warriors should be?
(a) Like a hoofbeat, loudly uttered.
(b) Not said at all.
(c) Saying thank you is an insult.
(d) Like a heartbeat, hardly heard.

5. What fairytale character does Flashman compare Count Pencherjevsky to?
(a) Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(b) The evil queen in Sleeping Beauty.
(c) The giant from Jack and the Bean Stalk.
(d) The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Flashman believe Scud East abandoned him?

2. What drives the serfs to finally revolt against Count Pencherjevsky?

3. How does Flashman wake up on the second night of being in the cell?

4. What does Flashman suppose in the first line of Chapter 8?

5. What action does Flashman take to accomplish the task of making the sled go faster?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does East feel when Flashman throw's Valla overboard? Describe his reaction.

2. Explain how Flashman found out that the Silk One was actually a female.

3. Why does Scud East avoid family dinners with Count Pencherjevsky and his family?

4. Explain how Flashman and East end up taking Valla with them on their escape.

5. How does Flashman describe the passage through the Arabian Nights?

6. Explain why Count Ignatieff decides to take Flashman with him to India.

7. Explain why Izzat Kutebar feels slightly ashamed of the way that he, Flashman and Yakub Beg were rescued from Fort Raim.

8. Describe why Flashman feels comforted by the desert.

9. Explain why Flashman called Yakub Beg and his companion Panthans.

10. Explain why East left Flashman to the Russians.

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