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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. Who of Flashman's captors is the most vile?

2. What does East want to do with the information about Item 7?

3. Why is Flashman annoyed at East for giving Valla something for sleep?

4. What does Flashman imagine he will be touted once he's able to get the news to his commanders about the Russian Invasion?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Flashman eventually get caught? What happens to Scud East?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe how Flashman sees his arrival in India going in Chapter 10.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Flashman is so humble about his past successes? Do you think his success were merely by accident, as he states, or does Flashman have underlying characteristics which make him successful in his ventures? Support your answer.

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