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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 does Lord Raglan chide Flashman for?
(a) Being too nice to Prince William.
(b) Letting his wife run around with Lord Cardigan.
(c) Being lazy.
(d) Being too strict a teacher on Prince William.

2. What is Flashman's personal nickname for Lord Cardigan?
(a) Lord Cardie.
(b) Lord Sweater.
(c) Lord Haw-Haw.
(d) Cardie.

3. How does Flashman describe the Battle of Alma from the start?
(a) "Blooy luncay."
(b) "Well organized."
(c) "Exhilerating."
(d) "Terrifying."

4. Who is the "fastest" galloper that Raglan sends to deliver a message to Lucan?
(a) Lord Cardigan.
(b) Harry Flashman.
(c) Lew Nolan.
(d) Billy Russell.

5. When Flashman goes to charge down the slope, what does he tell Willy to do?
(a) Hurry up!
(b) Stay where he is.
(c) Turn around and head back to the ship.
(d) Follow him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elspeth attend a dance with in May?

2. How does Flashman meet Captain Count Nicholas Pavlovitch Ignatieff?

3. What happens when Flashman finally is able to complete his first mission?

4. What does Lord Raglan conclude after reviewing Flashman's file?

5. What surprises Flashman about the Russian peasants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashy describe the Board of Ordnance, and how does he decide to get through it?

2. Describe how Elspeth reacts when Flashman confronts her about catching her almost cheating on him with Lord Cardigan.

3. Explain how Flashy helped the young naive "greenhorn" in the pool hall beat Cutts in a game of pool. Why did he help the greenhorn?

4. Describe the scene in Varna when Flashman and Willy arrived.

5. Describe Lord Raglan's reaction to Prince William's death.

6. Explain why Willy annoys Flashman in the events leading up to, and also during the first part of the Battle of Alma.

7. Describe Elspeth's reaction when she finds out that Flashy has signed up with the Board of Ordnance instead of his old regiment the Hussars.

8. How does Flashman describe Willy?

9. After the incident with Count Ignatieff, why does Flashman understand how Tsar Ivan got his nickname? What is Tsar Ivan's nickname?

10. Explain why Raglan's orders to Lucan are contradictory.

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