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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sam Pickles’s father do for a living?
(a) He was a bus driver.
(b) He was a college professor.
(c) He was a taxidermist.
(d) He was a water diviner.

2. How old is Quick Lamb in Chapter II?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

3. The house at Number One Cloud Street that Sam Pickles inherits from his cousin is located in a suburb of what city?
(a) Canberra.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Perth.

4. How does Joel die in Chapter I?
(a) He develops tuberculosis.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He has a stroke.
(d) He is hit by a train.

5. What is Lester Lamb’s occupation in Chapter II?
(a) He is a butcher.
(b) He is an undertaker.
(c) He is a policeman.
(d) He is an optician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the old woman that previously owned the house at One Cloud Street doing when she died, according to the narrator in Chapter III?

2. How many fingers does Sam Pickles lose from his injury in Chapter I?

3. What member of the Pickles family is described in Chapter I as “a damned good-looking woman”?

4. What does Sam Pickles do with the money he receives as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?

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

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