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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 is the name of the man that Flashman relieves when he arrives in the cell?

2. When the Russian Soldiers come upon Flashman in the snow, what do they do?

3. When the Russians surround Flashman, what does he say he is waiting for?

4. What is the scene that Flashman encounters when he is placed in the cell with two men?

5. After the Russian steam bath, what does Count Pencherjevsky propose to Flashman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the situation that Flashman walks into when he is put in the cell.

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

3. Describe what happened with the priest and the political agitator, Blank.

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

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

6. Describe how East and Flashman were treated in the house of Count Pencherjevsky.

7. Explain why East left Flashman to the Russians.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashman compares British women and Russian women in Chapter 6. What differences and/or similarities does he note? Do these differences make his actions towards Russian women any different from his actions towards British women? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that the Cold War, which was very much underway in the 1970s when George MacDonald Fraser wrote Flashman at the Charge, had an influence on how Fraser portrayed Russia in the novel? Why or why not? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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

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