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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?
(a) An Italian soldier.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) A Japanese soldier.
(d) A Nazi soldier.
2. It is New Year’s Day of what year when Oriel sets up a tent in the backyard in Chapter IV?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1942.
3. What month is it when the warm weather begins in Australia, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) April.
(d) June.
4. What does Sam Pickles buy for Rose, reducing her to tears, in Chapter IV?
(a) A wedding gown.
(b) A composition book.
(c) A wooden desk.
(d) A rag doll.
5. Who is said to run the grocery store like a drill sergeant, keeping a close eye on supply and demand, in Chapter III?
(a) Rose Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Sam Pickles.
(d) Dolly Pickles.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the department store where Rose Pickles begins working at as a switchboard operator in Chapter V?
2. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?
3. Who is Sam Pickles gambling with in Chapter IV when he gets so far ahead, the man has to give him a job?
4. How old is Rose Pickles when she no longer scours the pubs looking for her mother because she won’t brave the drunks in Chapter V?
5. Whose idea is it initially to open a small grocery store in an empty room in the house at Number One Cloud Street in Chapter III?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are fates of the Lamb and Pickles families compared to one another in Chapter II?
2. What events occur in January of 1951, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
3. How is the concept of “luck” perceived by the members of the Pickles family? Where did this perception of luck derive from?
4. What can the character of Rose Pickles be seen to represent symbolically in Chapter I?
5. What is symbolized by Fish’s fit during the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day in Chapter IV?
6. What is revealed about the character of Oriel Lamb in the second half of Chapter III?
7. How does the author examine the themes of heredity and family in Chapter I?
8. How does Sam’s change of luck affect the outcome of events that take place in Chapter IV?
9. How does the Lamb family perceive the concept of “luck,” as seen in the second half of Chapter III? What symbolizes this perception?
10. What scene is depicted in the brief section prior to the opening of Chapter I?
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