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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flora write Mary to send?
(a) Her shotgun.
(b) Lots of books.
(c) A few bolts of material.
(d) Gumshoes.

2. What does Adam call Flora several times?
(a) Young miss.
(b) Miss Lady Poste.
(c) Lady Poste.
(d) Robert Poste's child.

3. What has just happened to Flora Poste?
(a) Her parents have recently died.
(b) She has just gotten pregnant.
(c) She just married a man from Eton.
(d) She has just been accepted into Oxford.

4. What literary device occurs at the opening to this chapter?
(a) An alliterative string.
(b) A simile.
(c) The narrative shifts point of view.
(d) A metaphor.

5. How is Flora feeling?
(a) She feels invigorated by the country air.
(b) She feels a sense of dread.
(c) She feels shy.
(d) She feels optimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what era is the novel set?

2. How does Adam try to get out of picking up Flora?

3. Why does Adam have to practice driving the cart six times?

4. What does Flora ask of Judith?

5. Why does Flora take an indirect train route to Howling?

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