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

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

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

3. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?
(a) A Nazi soldier.
(b) A Japanese soldier.
(c) An Italian soldier.
(d) An American soldier.

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

5. What is the name of the boy at school that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?
(a) G.M. Clay.
(b) Toby Raven.
(c) Chub Pickles.
(d) Wogga McBride.

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

7. What is the name of the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) The Southern Cross Hotel.
(b) The Mosman Hotel.
(c) The Eurhythmic Hotel.
(d) The Excelsior Hotel.

8. Fish Lamb seems to recognize everyone in his family except for whom in Chapter III?
(a) Lester Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Hattie Lamb.
(d) Lon Lamb.

9. 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 water diviner.
(d) He was a taxidermist.

10. How many children do Lester and Oriel Lamb have in Chapter II?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

12. 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.

13. How old is Quick Lamb in the beginning of Chapter V?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

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

15. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) 10,000 pounds.
(b) 1,000 pounds.
(c) 2,000 pounds.
(d) 5,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?

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

3. Who beats up Dolly Pickles in Chapter V?

4. Who does Quick Lamb take with him to row the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?

5. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?

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