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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did one of the Aboriginal women commit suicide at One Cloud Street, according to the narrator in Chapter III?
(a) She drank ant poison.
(b) She hung herself.
(c) She overdosed on pain pills.
(d) She slit her wrists.

3. Where did the Pickles family live before they inherited the house at Number One Cloud Street?
(a) Margaret River.
(b) Geraldton.
(c) Pemberton.
(d) Southern Cross.

4. What does Sam collect in his job in Chapter I?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Prawns.
(c) Coal.
(d) Guano.

5. The historical figure of Guy Fawkes was a member of what plot?
(a) The Boston Tea Plot.
(b) The Arson Plot.
(c) The Kingsbury Plot.
(d) The Gunpowder Plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?

2. Who is said to run the grocery store like a drill sergeant, keeping a close eye on supply and demand, in Chapter III?

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

4. Who confronts Lester Lamb in Chapter VII about the affair he’s become engaged in?

5. What Australian slang term from the novel is an affectionate insult referring to someone who is unfashionable?

(see the answer key)

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