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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Physically stunted.
(c) Traumatized.
(d) Brain damaged.

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

3. What half-brother of Oriel Lamb’s was killed in Palestine in World War I?
(a) Ted.
(b) Bluey.
(c) James.
(d) Henry.

4. What are the names of Rose’s brothers in the novel?
(a) Geoffrey and Harry Pickles.
(b) Ted and Chub Pickles.
(c) Lon and Merv Pickles.
(d) Fish and Lester Pickles.

5. Which of the Lamb daughters is a short-haired tomboy that does not want to marry?
(a) Red Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Elaine Lamb.
(d) Hattie Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes looking for Quick Lamb when he rows the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?

2. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?

3. Fish Lamb seems to recognize everyone in his family except for whom in Chapter III?

4. Whose idea is it initially to open a small grocery store in an empty room in the house at Number One Cloud Street in Chapter III?

5. The historical figure of Guy Fawkes was a member of what plot?

(see the answer key)

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