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

2. What surprises Flora about Mrs. Beetle?
(a) Her civility.
(b) Her education.
(c) Her accent.
(d) Her rudeness.

3. What does Flora subtly suggest to Reuben?
(a) That he should be courting Miriam.
(b) That the dairy production would increase if they supplemented the grazing.
(c) That he should be courting Elfine.
(d) That whoever runs the farm while Amos is gone will be the natural heir.

4. How does Adam describe Elfine?
(a) As bullheaded.
(b) As practical and the mainstay of the farm.
(c) As seventeen and wild, often gone for days at a time to wander the hills.
(d) As a will-o-the-wisp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Flora have trouble getting to know Amos better?

2. Who offers to rescue Flora in his plane?

3. How does Flora feel about her progress in straightening out the farm?

4. Upon what course of action does Flora decide?

5. About what does Flora talk to Reuben?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the topic of the book Mr. Mybug is writing and what is Flora's reaction to hearing about it?

2. Why is Flora frustrated about her time at Cold Comfort Farm and do you think she is being unrealistic in her expectations?

3. How does Flora put one plan into action to help two of the Starkadder men--Reuben and Amos--to fill a role that is most suited to them?

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

5. How does Adam try to get out of picking up Flora and what is the outcome?

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

7. How is the twig which Adam uses to wash dishes perhaps symbolic of Adam as a man?

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

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

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

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