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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does Flora give Miriam a lecture?

2. What does Seth like to do in the evenings?

3. Who is waiting at the train station when Mary and Flora arrive?

4. Who wakes Flora in the morning with their arguing?

5. What does Flora ask of Judith?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what Flora learns at her first breakfast at Cold Comfort Farm. What do you think might pique Flora's interest in what she learns?

4. Give a very brief synopsis of COLD COMFORT FARM.

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

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

7. What do you think is the significance of Adam calling Flora "Robert Poste's child" in their few exchanges?

8. What shows how strongly Flora thinks she is Cold Comfort Farm's guide to sanity?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of symbols in the story, one being the bull called "Big Business," who figures predominantly in Chapter 12. Discuss the following:

1. Why do authors use symbols instead of just being straightforward and telling the reader what s/he should know?

2. How is the bull's name is symbolic? Give several specific examples.

3. Identify two other symbols in the book and their meaning in relation to the book's theme(s).

Essay Topic 2

Aunt Ada Doom may be the least likeable character in the novel--at least until the very end of the book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully analyze Aunt Ada Doom's character. Is she a sympathetic character? Likable? Believable?

2. Do you believe Aunt Ada Doom actually "saw something nasty in the woodshed"? Why or why not?

3. Do you believe Aunt Ada Doom is actually crazy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

If there is a manipulator, there has to be those who are manipulated. Discuss the following:

1. What are some of the ways Aunt Ada Doom manipulates her family? Give specific examples.

2. Why do you think the family allows themselves to be manipulated? Discuss several of the main characters specifically.

3. Why is Aunt Ada Doom not able to manipulate Flora Poste? Why does Aunt Ada Doom believe she cannot manipulate Flora?

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