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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. How is Elfine's entrance onto the ballroom floor?
(a) Stunning.
(b) She rips her dress on a corner desk.
(c) No one really notices her.
(d) She trips and sprains her ankle.

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

3. Who plans to motor down to Cold Comfort Farm in the next couple days?
(a) Mr. Goldwyn.
(b) Mr. Meyer.
(c) Charles.
(d) Earl P. Neck.

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

5. Who is next on Flora's agenda to be fixed?
(a) Adam.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Aunt Ada Doom.
(d) Judith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What romance seems to be suddenly blooming?

2. Where is Seth going?

3. Where do Flora and Elfine go that night?

4. To whom does Flora compare favorably to Mr. Mybug?

5. To whom does Reuben propose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What convinces Flora that there is more to Seth than meets the eye and what does it seem she will do about him?

2. What actually produces an emotional response from Flora (as opposed to her usual practical nature) and how does Flora deal with the situation?

3. What does Flora give Elfine to help her and do you think it will?

4. How are Seth's life and Elfine's life similar?

5. What is the significance of the sukebind?

6. What is Flora's next tidying-up project and how does she start it?

7. What fairy tale does Elfine's debut at the dance seem most like?

8. What do you think it says about Dick that he has decided to ask Elfine to marry him after she has made herself gorgeous?

9. Whose perspective does chapter 14 begin with and what may it portend?

10. How is Aunt Ada Doom's manipulative efforts symbolic of the change that is occurring to the Starkadder clan?

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