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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Flora want to go with Amos?
(a) The Church of the Quivering Brethren in Beershorn.
(b) Church of the Howling Brethren.
(c) The Brethren Church of Howling.
(d) The Church of the Saintly Brethren in Howling.

3. What is Miriam's response after Flora's offer?
(a) An excited yes.
(b) A vehement no.
(c) She does not answer.
(d) Reluctant agreement.

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

5. What does Adam tell Flora about Cold Comfort Farm?
(a) That it is cursed; seed will not grow and the cows are barren.
(b) That it is a very productive farm.
(c) That it is up for sale.
(d) That it is haunted.

6. What is the nickname for Cold Comfort Farm?
(a) "The King's Whim."
(b) "The King's Lair.
(c) "The Prince's Whim."
(d) "The Farmer's Whim."

7. Who are the Pioneer-Os?
(a) Some people who want to move "back to nature."
(b) Mary's admirers.
(c) The precursors to the inventors of Cherrios.
(d) Descendants of a group who first settled England when it was called Albion.

8. Upon what does Flora give Miriam a lecture?
(a) Sex out of wedlock.
(b) Consorting with the owners of the farm.
(c) Breastfeeding.
(d) How to avoid becoming pregnant.

9. Who is one of the relatives Flora contacts?
(a) A bachelor uncle in Scotland.
(b) A first cousin in Demming.
(c) A third cousin in Wales.
(d) Two old maid aunts in Brighton.

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

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

12. Of what does Amos accuse Flora?
(a) Condemnation to hell.
(b) Fornication.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Deceit.

13. Who is Mrs. Beetle?
(a) Reuben's wife.
(b) Miriam's mother.
(c) The neighbor's cook.
(d) Seth's mistress.

14. How does Seth enter the room?
(a) Swaggering.
(b) Limping.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Stumbling.

15. Who is Adam supposed to meet at the train station?
(a) Judith Starkadder.
(b) No one.
(c) Flora Poste.
(d) The Constable.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Miriam have her baby?

2. What is Mr. Mybug's real name?

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

4. What does Flora decide to buy Adam next time she is in Howling?

5. To whose perspective does the chapter change?

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