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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 Flora ask of Judith?
(a) Flora asks to retire to her rooms and rest before meeting the rest of the family.
(b) Why it is so gloomy inside.
(c) Why Adam doesn't call her by her name.
(d) A ride back to the train station the next day.

2. Who does Adam threaten to kill?
(a) Amo Starkadder if he doesn't stop preaching at him.
(b) Himself.
(c) A man who is interested in Elfine.
(d) The farmboy who knocks over the milk can in carelessness.

3. Who admits giving his daughter chicken feathers?
(a) Adam.
(b) Mark Dolour.
(c) Reuben.
(d) Elfine.

4. Who are Graceless, Pointless, Feckless, and Aimless?
(a) The best egg-laying chickens on the farm.
(b) Three dogs.
(c) The farm's cows.
(d) The farm's three bulls.

5. Why do the men go out in the rain?
(a) To plant while the seeds can be watered easily.
(b) To take the sheep to the upper pasture.
(c) To harvest swedes.
(d) To get their weekly bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seth think all women want?

2. What does Adam tell Flora about Cold Comfort Farm?

3. What does Flora offer to do for Elfine?

4. What does Flora decline?

5. Upon what course of action does Flora decide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief description of Cold Comfort Farm.

2. Why is Flora Poste trying to make a decision about her future?

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

4. Describe Flora's conversation with Reuben about Cold Comfort Farm; do you think Flora is sincere?

5. What is Flora's solution to her situation?

6. What at the opening to chapter 5 demonstrates Flora is no "farm gal"?

7. What is ironic about Amos calling Flora "a fornicator"?

8. Briefly characterize each of the main Starkadders introduced in Chapter 3.

9. How does Flora's plan begin to blossom for getting Amos Starkadder "out of the picture"?

10. What do you think the postcard Flora receives might mean?

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