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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Quick Lamb in the beginning of Chapter V?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

2. What is Toby Raven’s profession when Rose meets him in Chapter VIII?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a reporter.
(c) He is a policeman.
(d) He is a politician.

3. What does the “blackfella” that Quick Lamb encounters in Chapter III try to sell him?
(a) Crayfish.
(b) Oysters.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Trimmed saplings.

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

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

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 war is under way in Chapter III of the novel?

3. At a party in Chapter VIII, Toby Raven starts talking about a grotesque comedy he is working on, concerning a famous writer and what?

4. Lester Lamb confesses his sorrow of having given what up in Chapter VIII?

5. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?

(see the answer key)

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