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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. What country is eager for Prince Rakota to rule them?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) England.
(c) Syria.
(d) India.

2. Who does J.B. order to go ahead of the spyboat?
(a) Paitingi.
(b) Mynn.
(c) Felix.
(d) Flashman.

3. Who did Queen Ranavalona murder to take the throne?
(a) THe guards.
(b) The government.
(c) The military generals.
(d) Her relatives.

4. Where do the men want Flashman to send the Hova guards to?
(a) Ankay.
(b) Seoul.
(c) Madras.
(d) Peking.

5. What do spies report two days after the battle?
(a) The Sulu Queen is 20 miles away.
(b) Elspeth has escaped.
(c) Flashman is a coward.
(d) Haslam has turned towards Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Flashman play on the piano?

2. What is Queen Ranavalona watching while Flashman is visiting his wife?

3. What is the name of the woman Flashman has sex with in the bushes?

4. Where does a Hova Platton drag Flashman?

5. Who is being tortured when Flashman arrives in the throne room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman think about Elspeth in Chapter 6?

2. Why is Flashman suspicious everyone is treating him so well?

3. What is fitting about the name Phlegethon?

4. How does the Prince want Flashman to help him in Chapter 11?

5. Why does J.B. say pirates are not necessarily criminals in Asia?

6. Summarize chapter 9.

7. What is Flashman worried about in Chapter 11?

8. What does Flashman teach Queen Ranalova in Chapter 9?

9. How does Laborde help Flashman in Chapter 9?

10. What does Elspeth write in her dairy in Chapter 9?

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