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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quick Lamb begin clipping from the newspaper and hanging on his wall in Chapter IV?
(a) Wedding announcements.
(b) Reviews.
(c) Sad stories.
(d) Job postings.

2. 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?
(a) Drinking wine.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Playing piano.
(d) Cooking dinner.

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

4. What does Sam Pickles buy for Rose, reducing her to tears, in Chapter IV?
(a) A composition book.
(b) A rag doll.
(c) A wooden desk.
(d) A wedding gown.

5. What nation has surrendered, leading to the end of the war in Chapter IV?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) England.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam Pickles’s father do for a living?

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

3. Sam Pickles’s father is described in Chapter I as having passed along his love of what to his son?

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

5. Where does Sam receive a package from while he recuperates in the hospital in Chapter I?

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