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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story begins two weeks after what event?
(a) Flora's graduation from governess school.
(b) The funerals of Flora's parents.
(c) The birth of Flora's younger brother.
(d) The death of Flora's young husband.

2. Who does Flora deduce is the father of Miriam's children?
(a) Seth.
(b) Richard.
(c) Reuben.
(d) Amos.

3. Where is the baby now?
(a) It was stillborn.
(b) With Miriam's mother.
(c) Given up for adoption.
(d) With Miriam.

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

5. What excuse does Aunt Ada Doom use to stay in her room?
(a) The rest of the house is too drafty.
(b) She saw something nasty in the woodshed as a little girl.
(c) She is the oldest of everyone there.
(d) She has bad arthritis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device occurs at the opening to this chapter?

2. To whose perspective does the chapter change?

3. Who is waiting at the train station when Mary and Flora arrive?

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

5. Where does Flora want to go with Amos?

(see the answer key)

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