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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. In order to make the sled go faster, what do East and Flashman have to do?
2. How do East and Flashman manage the 5 to 6 hour sled ride to Yenitchi without freezing to death?
3. How does Flashman flatter the Pencherjevsky family?
4. What does Valla do the first time that Flashman makes a pass at her?
5. Who does Flashman blame for him learning about Item 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why Count Ignatieff decides to take Flashman with him to India.
2. Explain why Flashman might consider his predicament in Chapter 8 as "poetic justice".
3. Explain why Count Pencherjevsky doesn't like Valla's husband?
4. Describe the dream the Flashman had the second night he was in the cell.
5. What obstacles must East and Flashman overcome in order to make a successful escape?
6. Explain how Flashman found out that the Silk One was actually a female.
7. Describe why Flashman feels comforted by the desert.
8. What are the events that occur during the peasant rebellion, which allow Flashman and East to escape?
9. Explain why Flashman is momentarily wary of seeing Scud East at Pencherjevsky's estate.
10. How does Flashman eventually get caught? What happens to Scud East?
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 Flashman at the Charge is a social commentary about the time period it was written in? Could it also serve as a social commentary to the time it was published in (1973)?
Essay Topic 3
Harry Flashman is clearly the protagonist of the novel, but would you consider him a hero or an anti-hero? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
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