Cold Comfort Farm | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. Where is the primary setting for this novel?

Sussex, England.

2. In what era is the novel set?

1930s.

3. Of what type of novel is COLD COMFORT FARM a parody?

The late eighteenth/early nineteenth century agricultural literature.

4. What has just happened to Flora Poste?

Her parents have recently died.

5. How much money per year do her parents leave her?

100 pounds.

6. The story begins two weeks after what event?

The funerals of Flora's parents.

7. With whom is Flora going to stay temporarily?

Mary Smiling, a friend.

8. What is Mary's social status?

A wealthy widow.

9. What does Mary assume Flora will do?

Get a job and her own flat.

10. What does Flora want to do?

Give relatives her monthly stipend in exchange for room and board.

11. Who offers to rescue Flora in his plane?

Charles.

12. What...
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