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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oriel Lamb describes her father’s remarriage to whom in Chapter III?
(a) A soothsayer.
(b) A young teacher.
(c) An elderly widow.
(d) An Aborigine woman.

2. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?
(a) Red Lamb.
(b) Elaine Lamb.
(c) Hattie Lamb.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

3. How old is Rose Pickles in the beginning of Chapter VIII?
(a) 24.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

4. At what veterans club does Lester Lamb begin performing in Chapter V?
(a) The Powder-Room Club.
(b) The Koala Club.
(c) The White Horse Tavern.
(d) The Anzac Club.

5. Lester Lamb confesses his sorrow of having given what up in Chapter VIII?
(a) His act at the Anzac Club.
(b) His act at the Windsor Club.
(c) His first car.
(d) His first marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people who frequent the grocery store at Number One Cloud Street assume that who owns the building in Chapter III?

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

3. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?

4. Whose idea is it initially to open a small grocery store in an empty room in the house at Number One Cloud Street in Chapter III?

5. Fish Lamb seems to recognize everyone in his family except for whom in Chapter III?

(see the answer key)

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