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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. Who threatens Oriel Lamb to a fistfight in Chapter X and loses?
(a) Lon Lamb.
(b) Mery Pickles.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Dolly Pickles.

2. Where in the house do Rose and Quick make love in Chapter VIII?
(a) The library.
(b) The attic.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The kitchen.

3. What is the name of the young woman that Quick Lamb begins dating in Chapter VI?
(a) Beryl Lee.
(b) Elaine Lee.
(c) Lucy Wentworth.
(d) Dolly Pickles.

4. How long do Rose and Quick date before they wed in Chapter VIII?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. Where does Beryl Lee say she is moving in Chapter VII?
(a) To a nunnery.
(b) To a brothel.
(c) To a college dorm.
(d) To a pub hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quick and Oriel Lamb haul in a huge catch of what in Chapter VII?

2. Where did the Pickles family live before they inherited the house at Number One Cloud Street?

3. What question does Sam ask the black man that he encounters on his way home from voting in Chapter X?

4. The character of Toby Raven appears to Rose like what, in Chapter VIII?

5. What does Oriel Lamb dream about in Chapter IX?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purpose does the appearance of the black man serve in Chapter IX?

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

3. Where does Quick Lamb work in the beginning if Chapter VI? How is he injured on the job in this chapter?

4. How does Toby Raven respond when his work is mistaken for another writer’s at the party in Chapter VIII? What is indicated by this response?

5. What is represented symbolically by the naked children in the wheat in Chapter X?

6. What is seen on the walls of the library at Cloudstreet in Chapter IX? What do these images represent?

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

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

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

10. What is indicated symbolically by the letter from Ted Pickles in Chapter VIII?

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