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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. What does Flora offer to do for Elfine?

2. Who offers to rescue Flora in his plane?

3. Who does Adam threaten to kill?

4. What has Flora been doing in the last three days?

5. In what style does Flora write her letters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What would be an apt title for this chapter and why?

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

7. To which relatives does Flora write?

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

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

10. If you were Miriam and had just delivered a baby, how would you feel about being asked to go wash curtains? Do you think this scene could have any other significance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 3 gives an overview of Cold Comfort Farm and some of the main characters of the farm. Discuss the following:

1. What is a Gothic Novel? Give examples.

2. Though COLD COMFORT FARM is not fully a Gothic Novel, what elements in the novel are ones you might find in a Gothic novel? Give examples.

3. Do you think the Gothic elements in the novel add to the novel's purpose? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In response to her new living situation after the death of her parents, Flora decides to stay with members of her family and then eventually get married. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think Flora plans to eventually marry? What are her motives for this decision?

2. As Flora discusses her marriage plans for the future in chapter one, do you think she is planning to marry for love? Why or why not? What about at the end of the novel?

3. Why do you think marriage is one of the best (or one of the few) options for women in 1930s England?

Essay Topic 3

There are several other important themes in COLD COMFORT FARM. Discuss one of the following:

1. Discuss the theme of self-determination. Give clear and detailed examples.

2. Discuss the theme of rural life versus urban life. Give clear and detailed examples.

3. Discuss the theme of manipulation. Give clear and detailed examples.

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