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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to make the sled go faster, what do East and Flashman have to do?
(a) Push the sled.
(b) Make the horses run faster.
(c) Make the sled run straighter.
(d) Make the sled lighter.

2. How does Flashman portray Aunt Sara?
(a) As very shrewd.
(b) As beautiful, but a little old for his taste.
(c) As very quiet and slightly horse-faced.
(d) As very loud and boisterous.

3. What language do the two other prisoners speak, and how does Flashman know?
(a) They speak Persian, which Flashman understands perfectly.
(b) They speak French, which Flashman understands perfectly.
(c) They speak English.
(d) They speak Russian, which Flashman understands perfectly.

4. Who does Count Pencherjevsky's family consist of?
(a) Himself only; he doesn't think much of women.
(b) Himself, his daughter Valla, and Aunt Sara.
(c) Himself, his wife and his daughter, Valla.
(d) Himself and his daughter only.

5. What fairytale character does Flashman compare Count Pencherjevsky to?
(a) The giant from Jack and the Bean Stalk.
(b) The evil queen in Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(d) The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.

6. After the rescue, where do the Tajiks take Flashman after riding for hours?
(a) To India.
(b) To Afghanistan.
(c) Back to Russia.
(d) An oasis deep in the Red Sands of Kizil Kum.

7. Why does Flashman lie to Valla?
(a) Because he doesn't want her to worry about her father.
(b) Because he doesn't want her to get hysterical.
(c) Because he thinks it will be funny.
(d) Becuase he likes to lie.

8. Why is Kutebar in the cell?
(a) Because he got drunk and picked fight with the Russians.
(b) Because he tried to rescue the Silk One.
(c) Because he stole from the Russians.
(d) Because he tried to rescue Yakub Beg.

9. What does Flashman suppose in the first line of Chapter 8?
(a) That his "life has been full of poetic justice."
(b) That "East was not as good of a Christian" as he thought.
(c) That he "probably shouldn't have tossed Valla out of the carraige."
(d) That he "probably shouldn't have tried to escape."

10. What does Flashman lie to Valla about?
(a) Flashman tells Valla that he will be leaving her with Count Ignatieff.
(b) Flashman tells Valla that he is single.
(c) Flashman tells Valla that her father is safe.
(d) Flashman tells Valla that he is taking her to England.

11. What happens as Flashman and East are nearly free?
(a) The horses trip and the sled overturns.
(b) They escape!
(c) They get lost in a blizzard.
(d) They are shot by Russian officers.

12. Flashman goes snooping through East's writings and discovers a long letter to whom?
(a) Lord Raglan.
(b) Tom Brown.
(c) Valla.
(d) Lord Cardigan.

13. Why does Flashman believe Scud East abandoned him?
(a) Because Flashman tossed Valla overboard the sled.
(b) Because he was freezing and wanted to find shelter.
(c) Because he truly wanted to deliver the message to Lord Raglan.
(d) Because he was terrified and wanted to get away.

14. What action does Flashman take to accomplish the task of making the sled go faster?
(a) He whips the horses until they run harder.
(b) He throws the supplies and the sled cover overboard.
(c) He throws supplies, the sled cover and Valla overboard.
(d) He gets out and pushes the sled.

15. What does East want to do with the information about Item 7?
(a) He wants to escape and get the information to Lord Raglan.
(b) He wants to stay and learn more about future invasions.
(c) He wants to stay and try to woo Valla.
(d) He wants to buy the carraige for Valla himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Flashman relieved to hear about Count Pencherjevsky and Valla?

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

3. How does Flashman flatter the Pencherjevsky family?

4. Yakub Beg makes Flashman his what?

5. Where do Flashman, East and Valla first refuel and get supplies during their escape?

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