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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. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The library.
(d) The attic.

2. Who discovers Sam Pickles sitting on the edge of the bathtub with an open razor in Chapter V?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Lester Lamb.

3. It is January of what year that the Lambs succeed in driving the competing grocer out of business in Chapter V?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1948.

4. Who comes looking for Quick Lamb when he rows the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Sam Pickles.
(d) Lester Lamb.

5. What was the old woman that previously owned the house at One Cloud Street doing when she died, according to the narrator in Chapter III?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Playing piano.
(c) Drinking wine.
(d) Cooking dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lonely widow that Oriel Lamb meets at the Anzac Club in Chapter V?

2. What month is it when the warm weather begins in Australia, according to the narrator in Chapter V?

3. Who beats up Dolly Pickles in Chapter V?

4. What does Sam Pickles do with the money he receives as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?

5. What is the name of the talking cockatoo that Sam Pickles wins gambling in Chapter IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sam’s actions in Chapter III propel the plot of the narrative forward?

2. What is symbolized by Fish’s fit during the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day in Chapter IV?

3. What events occur in January of 1951, according to the narrator in Chapter V?

4. What is noteworthy about the narratives of Quick and Fish Lamb in Chapter IV?

5. What is foreshadowed by the central event that occurs in Chapter II of the novel?

6. How do the Pickles family members differ from the Lambs in their perception of luck, as noted in Chapter III?

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

8. What are Rose Pickles’s perceptions of her parents, as seen in Chapter I of the novel?

9. How are the characters of Lester and Oriel Lamb introduced in Chapter II? What is their family doing when they are introduced?

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

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