Cloudstreet Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Cloudstreet Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the department store where Rose Pickles begins working at as a switchboard operator in Chapter V?
(a) Anderson's.
(b) Bairds.
(c) Lawrence's.
(d) Macys.

2. Who comes looking for Quick Lamb when he rows the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?
(a) Lester Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Sam Pickles.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

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

4. What did Oriel’s father kill in order to use its bladder to treat Oriel after she was burned in a bushfire, according to the narrative in Chapter III?
(a) His only cow.
(b) His favorite horse.
(c) His only chicken.
(d) His only pig.

5. When is Guy Fawkes Night observed?
(a) July 4.
(b) November 30.
(c) December 1.
(d) November 5.

6. What war is under way in Chapter III of the novel?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

7. In what town does the Pickles family live in Chapter I?
(a) Margaret River.
(b) Perth.
(c) Southern Cross.
(d) Geraldton.

8. How many fingers does Sam Pickles lose from his injury in Chapter I?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

9. How does Fish Lamb become injured in Chapter II?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He falls down a flight of stairs
(c) He is hit by a train.
(d) He almost drowns.

10. How does the schoolboy die that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He drowns in the river.
(c) He is shot by his brother.
(d) He is hit by a train.

11. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The attic.
(c) The library.
(d) The kitchen.

12. At what veterans club does Lester Lamb begin performing in Chapter V?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) The Anzac Club.
(c) The Koala Club.
(d) The Powder-Room Club.

13. 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) Cooking dinner.
(d) Playing piano.

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

15. Who is Sam Pickles gambling with in Chapter IV when he gets so far ahead, the man has to give him a job?
(a) A union boss.
(b) A schoolteacher.
(c) A butcher.
(d) An undertaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is January of what year that the Lambs succeed in driving the competing grocer out of business in Chapter V?

2. How does Joel die in Chapter I?

3. What does Fish Lamb entertain himself by spinning at the dinner table in Chapter III?

4. What is the name of the horse that Sam Pickles starts betting on in Chapter IV?

5. Sam recuperates in the hospital for how long after his work injury in Chapter I?

(see the answer keys)

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