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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the horse that Joel was betting on when he won a small fortune and bought the house at One Cloud Street?

3. Who is said to have convinced the woman who owned One Cloud Street to take in Aboriginal women in Chapter III?

4. Who does Rose daydream about running away with in Chapter V?

5. What is the name of the horse that Sam Pickles starts betting on in Chapter IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the luck of the Pickles family change at the end of Chapter IV?

2. How is Fish’s mental capacity changed after his accident?

3. What is significant about the author’s depiction of the house on Cloud Street in Chapter III?

4. What is author Tim Winton’s focus in Chapter V? How does this chapter serve the novel?

5. Who moves into Cloudstreet after Quick Lamb has left home in Chapter V? How is this character introduced?

6. How does Oriel Lamb respond to the departure of Quick from Cloudstreet in Chapter V?

7. What question is raised by Sam’s intuition about his luck changing in the beginning of Chapter IV?

8. What is foreshadowed through the character of the black man that appears in Chapter III?

9. How does Sam’s change of luck affect the outcome of events that take place in Chapter IV?

10. What can the character of Rose Pickles be seen to represent symbolically in Chapter I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Wogga McBride and his role in the narrative of Cloudstreet. How does Quick Lamb first encounter Wogga McBride and his brother? How does Wogga die? How does his death affect Quick? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the family history of Dolly Pickles in the novel. What secret does Dolly reveal to Rose about her mother? How has Dolly’s past influenced her actions in the story? Do you think that Dolly is an empathetic character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the traditions, history, origins, and cultural relevance of Guy Fawkes Day and its celebration by the Lambs and Pickles in Chapter IV. Why does Fish Lamb become upset when the Guy Fawkes effigy is burned? What does his behavior symbolize?

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