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

2. What does Flora suggest Amos do?
(a) Preach to larger, more widespread crowds.
(b) Become a real farmer.
(c) Move to the United States.
(d) Stop preaching.

3. Why does Flora want to fix up Elfine's appearance?
(a) So Elfine will like Flora.
(b) To test out some of the fashion ideas about which Flora's been reading.
(c) To make Elfine attractive to Richard Hawk-Monitor.
(d) So Elfine will settle down a little.

4. When Flora awakes later again, what does she decide?
(a) That she likes her room.
(b) That the room is haunted.
(c) That she is going to ask for a different room.
(d) That she hates her room.

5. What are the predominant building materials of the farm?
(a) Straw and wood.
(b) Stone and flint.
(c) Stone and wood.
(d) Wood and stucco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elfine think Aunt Ada Doom plans for Flora to marry?

2. Who is one of the relatives Flora contacts?

3. In what shape is the farm layout?

4. Where does Flora go?

5. What excuse does Aunt Ada Doom use to stay in her room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which reply from the relatives seems most intriguing and why?

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

4. What does Flora realize she will have to do if she is going to fix the lives of the Starkadders?

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

6. What demonstrates Judith's rather bizarre attachment to her son, Seth?

7. What do you think it says about Flora's personality that she thinks Mr. Mybug will undoubtedly fall in love with her?

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

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

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

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