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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Joel win a small fortune gambling and buy the house at One Cloud Street?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1931.

2. What does Sam collect in his job in Chapter I?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Coal.
(c) Prawns.
(d) Guano.

3. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?
(a) A Nazi soldier.
(b) A Japanese soldier.
(c) An American soldier.
(d) An Italian soldier.

4. In Joel’s will, it states that the house at One Cloud Street is left to Sam Pickles with what provision?
(a) That he open a store there.
(b) That he sell it immediately.
(c) That he not sell it for 20 years.
(d) That he leave it to his children when he dies.

5. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?
(a) George Pickles.
(b) James Pickles.
(c) Merv Pickles.
(d) Ted Pickles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sam injure himself on the job in Chapter I?

2. How do the Lamb daughters feel about their new life in the city in Chapter III?

3. The house at Number One Cloud Street that Sam Pickles inherits from his cousin is located in a suburb of what city?

4. Dolly Pickles dreams about a man with prawns in Chapter I. When the man in Dolly’s dream puts a prawn in her mouth, it turns into what?

5. Who is said to run the grocery store like a drill sergeant, keeping a close eye on supply and demand, in Chapter III?

(see the answer key)

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