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

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

3. How has Ted Pickles died in Chapter IX?
(a) He was hit by a train.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He drowned in the river.
(d) He developed cancer.

4. Quick and Rose find a flat and move to what suburb in Chapter IX?
(a) Subiaco.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Geraldton.
(d) Mosman Park.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Aborigine going that Quick Lamb picks up hitchhiking in Chapter VI?

3. The trial of the serial killer in Perth is driven from the front pages of the paper by what news in Chapter X?

4. Why does Beryl Lee say she is moving out in Chapter VII?

5. Who decides to accompany Rose, Quick, and their son, on vacation in Chapter X?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the opening narrator in Chapter VI? What is described in this brief scene?

2. What happens to the images on the walls of the library at Cloudstreet when Rose gives birth in Chapter IX? What does this symbolize?

3. What is foreshadowed by the odd glow that surrounds Quick Lamb in Chapter VII?

4. What advice does the black man give to Sam in Chapter X? What does his advice symbolize?

5. What does Quick dream of when he is knocked unconscious in Chapter VI?

6. What is foreshadowed by Rose’s realization about leadership in Chapter X?

7. How does the author address the concept of faith through Oriel and Lester in Chapter X?

8. How is the glow surrounding the character of Beryl Lee interpreted in Chapter VII?

9. What purpose does Rose’s relationship with Toby Raven serve in the narrative?

10. What does Rose Pickles initially find attractive about Toby Raven in Chapter VIII? How do her feelings change?

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