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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amos do at church?
(a) He is just a member of the congregation.
(b) He is the preacher.
(c) He directs the choir.
(d) He plays the organ.

2. Upon what course of action does Flora decide?
(a) That she will leave for London in two weeks.
(b) That she will ask them to hire another servant with her money.
(c) That she will move in to Howling.
(d) That she will have to eat more meals with the Starkadders to get to know them better if her plans are to succeed.

3. What does Charles reiterate to Flora?
(a) The convoluted route.
(b) His offer to rescue her if need be.
(c) How to build fire in a pot-bellied stove.
(d) The best way to confront a mad bull.

4. What does Flora offer to do for Elfine?
(a) Help her with washing the curtains.
(b) Help her get to America.
(c) Help her get to Richard's 21st birthday party.
(d) Help her elope with Richard in a couple days.

5. Why does Reuben eye Flora with some hostility?
(a) Because she told Miriam how to avoid pregnancy.
(b) She tells him how to milk the cow.
(c) He thinks she thinks he's a clod.
(d) He thinks she wants the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Flora feeling?

2. Who are Graceless, Pointless, Feckless, and Aimless?

3. In what era is the novel set?

4. What has Flora been doing in the last three days?

5. Who offers to rescue Flora in his plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief description of Cold Comfort Farm.

2. Who is the other Starkadder Flora is beginning to mold in this chapter and what seems to be Flora's plan?

3. What is a probable foreshadowing in this chapter and why do you think so?

4. To which relatives does Flora write?

5. What self-imposed task seems next to impossible once Flora is confronted with the realities of Cold Comfort Farm?

6. What does Aunt Ada Doom keep talking about and what's your "take" on this?

7. What surprises Flora about Mrs. Beetle and how do you interpret Flora's reaction to Mrs. Beetle?

8. What does Mrs. Beetle tell Flora about her grandchildren and what is Flora's reaction?

9. What does Flora learn about Seth and how does she plan to use this information?

10. What does Judith tell Adam and what does this suggest about Cold Comfort Farm?

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