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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the primary setting for this novel?
(a) Surrey, Italy.
(b) Binghampton, England.
(c) Sussex, England.
(d) Sussex, France.

2. In what shape is the farm layout?
(a) Octagonal.
(b) Hexagonal.
(c) Circle.
(d) Square.

3. What does Flora subtly suggest to Reuben?
(a) That whoever runs the farm while Amos is gone will be the natural heir.
(b) That he should be courting Elfine.
(c) That the dairy production would increase if they supplemented the grazing.
(d) That he should be courting Miriam.

4. Who wakes Flora in the morning with their arguing?
(a) Judith and the Matriarch.
(b) Adam and Judith.
(c) Adam and Reuben.
(d) Judith and Elfine.

5. What does Flora throw out of the cart when she climbs onto the cart?
(a) An old rag.
(b) A dog.
(c) Adam's pipe.
(d) The straw bed.

6. What has always been on Cold Comfort Farm?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Little comfort.
(c) Starkadders.
(d) Cows.

7. What month is it in Chapter 10?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) July.

8. Where had Flora and Mr. Mybug met before?
(a) Back on Cold Comfort Farm.
(b) At a party in London.
(c) In the train station in Howling.
(d) At the Brethren church.

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

10. In what style does Flora write her letters?
(a) No style.
(b) In a style most appealing to each individual relative.
(c) A baroque style.
(d) A formal, Victorian style.

11. How does Adam try to get out of picking up Flora?
(a) By feigning an attack.
(b) By oversleeping.
(c) By taking the sheep to the upper meadow.
(d) By pretending the horse is lame.

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

13. What does Judith do when Flora arrives at the farm?
(a) Ignores Flora.
(b) Tells her she will have to share a room with Miriam.
(c) Hugs Flora.
(d) Judith holds a lamp high in the darkness to observe her new tenant.

14. To whose perspective does the chapter change?
(a) Seth Starkadder.
(b) Judith Starkadder.
(c) Aunt Ada Doom.
(d) Amos Starkadder.

15. Whose job is it to milk the cows?
(a) Adam Lambsbreath.
(b) Flora Starkadder.
(c) Judith Starkadder.
(d) Amos Starkadder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Judith take Flora's money?

2. Where is the baby now?

3. At first, what request from Flora does Miriam refuse?

4. What does Adam use to wash dishes?

5. What happens to Miriam?

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