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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 has beaten up Sam Pickles in Chapter VII?

2. What is Ted Pickles working as in South Australia in Chapter VIII?

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

4. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?

5. For how long do the Lambs nurse Quick back to health after he is returned to Cloudstreet in Chapter VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Dolly and Rose Pickles evolve in Chapter IX?

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

3. What is revealed in the conversation between Lester and Oriel Lamb after the return of Quick in Chapter VII?

4. What is significant about the wedding of Rose and Quick in Chapter VIII? How does this event relate to the story’s plot?

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

6. What themes and/or motifs are the central focus in Chapter VI?

7. What does the shadow girl that Fish speaks with represent symbolically in Chapter VII?

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

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

10. 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?

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

Analyze and discuss Quick’s reasons for leaving home in Chapter V. How have the changes in the family dynamic led to Quick’s decision to leave? Where has Lester Lamb been performing in Perth at this time? How does Quick feel about his father’s performances?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss Sam Pickles’s gambling addiction and its effects on the Pickles family. Why does Sam begin gambling again in the beginning of Chapter IV? What does he believe signifies the end of his bad luck? Are Sam’s premonitions about his luck generally correct or incorrect in the narrative?

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