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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 Amos do at church?
(a) He directs the choir.
(b) He is the preacher.
(c) He is just a member of the congregation.
(d) He plays the organ.

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

3. Upon what does Flora give Miriam a lecture?
(a) Consorting with the owners of the farm.
(b) Sex out of wedlock.
(c) How to avoid becoming pregnant.
(d) Breastfeeding.

4. Where had Flora and Mr. Mybug met before?
(a) Back on Cold Comfort Farm.
(b) In the train station in Howling.
(c) At a party in London.
(d) At the Brethren church.

5. In what shape is the farm layout?
(a) Hexagonal.
(b) Square.
(c) Octagonal.
(d) Circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Judith take Flora's money?

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

3. What has just happened to Flora Poste?

4. Where is the primary setting for this novel?

5. Why does Reuben eye Flora with some hostility?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. To which relatives does Flora write?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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