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

2. Yakub Beg makes Flashman his what?
(a) Blood brother.
(b) Deputy.
(c) Chief spy.
(d) Second-in-command.

3. Where does Flashman say he will finally feel safe?
(a) Only when he is back in Elspeth's arms.
(b) Only when he reaches London and his favorite ale house.
(c) Only when Count Ignatieff is dead.
(d) Only when he is able to get the news of the Russian invasion to his commanders.

4. When Ignatieff asks Flashman about Item 7, what does he say?
(a) He lies to Ignatieff and sends him on a false trail.
(b) He passes out from fear.
(c) He refuses to tell Ignatieff anything.
(d) He cries and tell Ignatieff everything he knows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does East give Valla to make sure she sleeps for the majority of the ride?

2. Who is Izzat Kutebar?

3. Once they arrive in Syr Daria, where is Flashman placed?

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. Why does Count Ignatieff warn Flashman not to expect any mercy from them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Flashman feels comforted by the desert.

2. Explain why Flashman called Yakub Beg and his companion Panthans.

3. Describe the situation that Flashman walks into when he is put in the cell.

4. What obstacles must East and Flashman overcome in order to make a successful escape?

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

6. Explain why Flashman might consider his predicament in Chapter 8 as "poetic justice".

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

8. Explain why Izzat Kutebar feels slightly ashamed of the way that he, Flashman and Yakub Beg were rescued from Fort Raim.

9. How does Flashman describe the passage through the Arabian Nights?

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

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