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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season is it when Rose stops typing for Toby Raven in Chapter VIII?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

2. Who dismantles the tent in the backyard in the end of Chapter X?
(a) Ted Pickles and Elaine Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles and Oriel Lamb.
(c) Quick Lamb and Fish Lamb.
(d) Lester Lamb and Sam Pickles.

3. What does Quick Lamb begin selling through the grocery shop in Chapter VIII?
(a) Rice.
(b) Fish.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Opium.

4. The young woman that Quick begins dating in Chapter VI says she wants to have a florist shop where?
(a) Perth.
(b) Canberra.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Southern Cross.

5. Quick and Oriel Lamb haul in a huge catch of what in Chapter VII?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Prawns.
(c) Crayfish.
(d) Lobsters.

6. When Quick’s son is born in Chapter IX, Quick remarks that the baby is slippery like what?
(a) Water.
(b) Silk.
(c) Oil.
(d) Wax.

7. Who spends all day in Kings Park in Chapter VII?
(a) Elaine Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Sam Pickles.

8. Kings Park in Perth has panoramic views of what river?
(a) The Red River.
(b) The Swan River.
(c) The Sydney River.
(d) The White River.

9. Who helps deliver Rose’s baby in Chapter IX?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Don Pickles.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) Sam Pickles.

10. Who discovers Quick Lamb after his injury in Chapter VI?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Sam Pickles.
(c) Mr. Wentworth.
(d) Mery Pickles.

11. What does Oriel Lamb dream about in Chapter IX?
(a) Kangaroos.
(b) Floating in the ocean.
(c) Drowning in a river.
(d) Bushfires.

12. What is the name of Lester Lamb’s cousin that Quick works for in southwestern Australia in Chapter VI?
(a) Mr. Wentworth.
(b) Earl Blunt.
(c) Geoffrey Birch.
(d) Harry Lamb.

13. How old is Rose Pickles in the beginning of Chapter VIII?
(a) 24.
(b) 19.
(c) 30.
(d) 21.

14. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

15. What do Quick Lamb and Rose Pickles share as they talk while Fish sleeps in Chapter VIII?
(a) Beer.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a party in Chapter VIII, Toby Raven starts talking about a grotesque comedy he is working on, concerning a famous writer and what?

2. Who has beaten up Sam Pickles in Chapter VII?

3. What has Dolly Pickles broken in her accident in Chapter IX?

4. When he goes out in the fishing boat in Chapter VI, Quick Lamb sees the figure of what on the shore?

5. What character is the youngest child in the Lamb family?

(see the answer keys)

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