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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam recuperates in the hospital for how long after his work injury in Chapter I?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. Who is said to have convinced the woman who owned One Cloud Street to take in Aboriginal women in Chapter III?
(a) An Anglican priest.
(b) A Catholic nun.
(c) A traveling salesman.
(d) A local politician.

3. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Fremantle.
(d) Subiaco.

4. What is Quick Lamb’s real first name?
(a) Mason.
(b) Paul.
(c) Samson.
(d) Mary.

5. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) Uncle James.
(b) Uncle Billy.
(c) Uncle Joel.
(d) Uncle Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?

2. What is the name of the boy at school that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?

3. How does the schoolboy die that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?

4. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?

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

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