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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 Ignatieff asks Flashman about Item 7, what does he say?
(a) He lies to Ignatieff and sends him on a false trail.
(b) He passes out from fear.
(c) He refuses to tell Ignatieff anything.
(d) He cries and tell Ignatieff everything he knows.

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

3. After the Russian steam bath, what does Count Pencherjevsky propose to Flashman?
(a) That Flashman sleep with Valla and try to get her pregnant.
(b) That Flashman should take baths more often.
(c) That Flashman sleep with Aunt Sara and try to get her pregnant.
(d) That Flashman try to make an escape.

4. What do Kutebar and Flashman take turns doing?
(a) Singing songs about their native lands.
(b) Holding up Yakub Beg to ease his pain.
(c) Verbally abusing Yakub Beg.
(d) Trying to bribe the guard to let them out.

5. What does Valla do the first time that Flashman makes a pass at her?
(a) She screams and runs away.
(b) She punches him in the groin.
(c) She gives in very quickly.
(d) She runs to find Scud East.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Silk One's father?

2. What does Count Pencherjevsky believe is the main reason for serf uprisings?

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

4. Why is the peasant uprising opportune for East and Flashman?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Silk One react to Flashman's reasoning for not wanting to help Yakub Beg and his people fight the Russians?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Flashman try to get out of helping Yakub Beg and his people fight the Russians?

9. How does Flashman describe the landscape as they escape in Chapter 7?

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

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