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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. Why is Kutebar in the cell?
(a) Because he tried to rescue Yakub Beg.
(b) Because he tried to rescue the Silk One.
(c) Because he got drunk and picked fight with the Russians.
(d) Because he stole from the Russians.

2. When Flashman finally goes to his cell after witnessing the "demonstration", why does he feel relieved?
(a) Flashman is eager to plan his esacpe.
(b) Flashman is relieved he wasn't knouted.
(c) Flashman is happy to get away from Count Ignatieff's evil eyes.
(d) Flashman just wants to get some sleep.

3. Yakub Beg tells Flashman that he is the first foreigner to what?
(a) Help them fight.
(b) Save his life.
(c) Infiltrate their Oasis.
(d) Sit at the circle with them.

4. How do Flashman and East discover Item 7?
(a) Valla tells Flashman when they are in bed together.
(b) By eavesdropping on a secret military meeting.
(c) Valla tells East when they are in bed together.
(d) Count Pencherjevsky confides in Flashman.

5. When the Russians surround Flashman, what does he say he is waiting for?
(a) The pierce of a lance.
(b) Valla to come save him.
(c) A flogging.
(d) A hot drink of brandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Flashman lie to Valla?

2. What is the tortured man's name?

3. Why does one of the other prisoners tell Flashman to "take heart"?

4. In order to make the sled go faster, what do East and Flashman have to do?

5. What is the danger that East heard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain why Count Pencherjevsky doesn't like Valla's husband?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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