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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy do when confronted with the battle?

2. Who does Flashman go to the pool hall with?

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

4. What is Flashman doing when he catches Elspeth and Lord Cardigan?

5. What has Flashman clearly been trying to avoid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lord Raglan's reaction to Prince William's death.

2. How does Flashman react when Willy states that he wants a whore?

3. Explain the outcome of the Charge of the Light Brigade.

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

5. Does Flashman believe his wife when she claims she didn't know that Lord Cardigan would be in her room? Explain why or why not.

6. When Lord Raglan chooses Flashman to look after Prince William, what are the qualifications he lists that are required for this particular position?

7. Describe the Russian countryside, as seen through Flashman's eyes.

8. Describe Captain Count Nicholas Pavlovitch Ignatieff.

9. Explain why Flashman considers Raglan a hypocrite in Chapter 3.

10. Explain how Flashy helped the young naive "greenhorn" in the pool hall beat Cutts in a game of pool. Why did he help the greenhorn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that it is Flashman's fault that Prince William died? Why or why not? Please support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the women in Flashman's life. Answer the question of whether or not they are strong characters. Are they good role models? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

History is often written in the eye of the beholder. The battles shown here in Flashman at the Charge are real historical events, even though Flashman himself was not a real person. Pick one of the major battles in the novel, research its real-life equivalent, and compare and contrast Flashman's account to the account written by true historians.

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