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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Aunt Ada Doom's first words to Flora?
(a) "I saw something nasty in the woodshed."
(b) "You will be marrying Urk."
(c) "You are a nasty, nasty girl."
(d) "Elfine is not marrying that man."

2. What does Flora advice Richard's mother?
(a) To keep Elfine away from her family until the wedding.
(b) Flora does not know what to say to Richard's mother.
(c) To welcome Elfine with open arms and she will never have a more loyal daughter-in-law.
(d) To try to convince Charles to give the baby up for adoption since it isn't his.

3. What is the purpose of what Aunt Ada Doom has called?
(a) To have a fiscal accounting.
(b) To count all the sheep born over the last year.
(c) To celebrate Elfine's upcoming marriage.
(d) To learn what Starkadders are still alive or around the area.

4. Who promises to secure invitations to the Hawk-Monitor's
(a) Claud Hart-Harris.
(b) Richard.
(c) Amos.
(d) Charles.

5. What does Flora wonder about the sukebind on the mantle?
(a) If it is symbolic of something.
(b) If it is the thing that is so aromatic.
(c) If when the sukebind buds open, all the trouble begins.
(d) If it is poisonous.

6. To whom does Flora feel a need to speak?
(a) Judith.
(b) Amos.
(c) Aunt Ada Doom.
(d) Mrs. Hawk-Monitor.

7. What does Aunt Ada Doom out the window?
(a) About Elfine.
(b) About Seth not catching the bull fast enough.
(c) About Seth being in the talkies.
(d) About going mad and not being able to bear it.

8. What is an ominous sign when Seth, Flora and Elfine return to Cold Comfort Farm?
(a) There is an unusual amount of smoke coming out of the chimney.
(b) There are no lights on in the house.
(c) Everything looks normal.
(d) Every light is on in the house.

9. Where does Flora take Elfine?
(a) To London to get fitted for the upcoming ball.
(b) To London to meet Richard.
(c) To Howling to meet Mr. Mybug.
(d) To Howling to meet with a tailor.

10. To whom does Reuben propose?
(a) Elfine.
(b) Flora.
(c) Nettie.
(d) Miriam.

11. Who is with Aunt Ada Doom?
(a) Rennet and Elfine.
(b) Judith and Rennet.
(c) No one.
(d) Flora and Judith.

12. How is the church decorated?
(a) With poinsettas.
(b) With confetti.
(c) With white flowers.
(d) With red roses.

13. How will the nest with four pink eggs help Elfine?
(a) They will remind her of her days of whimsy.
(b) They are Faberge eggs and worth much money.
(c) It will help her have four children.
(d) They will reflect back her lovliness to Richard.

14. Who has Flora "squared away" by the end of this chapter?
(a) Reuben.
(b) Aunt Ada Doom.
(c) No one.
(d) Herself.

15. Why does Seth rush off?
(a) He wants to meet some woman in the village.
(b) So he is not detained by Aunt Ada Doom.
(c) He is chasing the bull that got out of the pasture.
(d) Because he has to catch a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adam do?

2. What do Richard and Elfine announce at the end of the evening?

3. Why is Flora both relieved and excited?

4. About what does Reuben worry?

5. Who plans to motor down to Cold Comfort Farm in the next couple days?

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