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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. Of the party that saves the three prisoners, who seems to have the authority?
(a) No one has authority; it's total chaos.
(b) Yakub Beg.
(c) A very slight boy.
(d) Kutebar.

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

3. What is the danger that East heard?
(a) Distant hoof beats.
(b) The shooting of guns.
(c) The cry of wolves.
(d) The crying of a woman.

4. After the rescue, where do the Tajiks take Flashman after riding for hours?
(a) To India.
(b) To Afghanistan.
(c) Back to Russia.
(d) An oasis deep in the Red Sands of Kizil Kum.

5. How does Flashman wake up on the second night of being in the cell?
(a) He hears screaming and awakes ready to fight.
(b) Peacefully.
(c) With Kutebar's hairy paw over his mouth to quiet him.
(d) He wakes up sweating from a terrible nightmare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Scud invite Flashman outside to go for a walk to talk?

2. Yakub Beg makes Flashman his what?

3. What is Item 7?

4. What fairytale character does Flashman compare Count Pencherjevsky to?

5. Who does Count Pencherjevsky's family consist of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Flashman is momentarily wary of seeing Scud East at Pencherjevsky's estate.

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

3. Describe the incident when Flashman first sees how the Pencherjevsky family treats their serfs as sub-human.

4. What obstacles must East and Flashman overcome in order to make a successful escape?

5. Explain why, even though Flashman is a British gentleman and soldier, Count Ignatieff tells him that Flashman will receive no mercy.

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

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

8. Describe why Flashman feels comforted by the desert.

9. What are the events that occur during the peasant rebellion, which allow Flashman and East to escape?

10. Describe the dream the Flashman had the second night he was in the cell.

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