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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what southwestern town in Australia does Quick Lamb drive after dropping off the Aborigine hitchhiker in Chapter VI?
(a) Margaret River.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Fremantle.
(d) Southern Cross.

2. What does Fish Lamb entertain himself by spinning at the dinner table in Chapter III?
(a) Nickles.
(b) Soup bowls.
(c) Dinner plates.
(d) Spoons.

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

4. What is the name of the young man who courts Hattie Lamb in Chapter V?
(a) Toby Raven.
(b) Beryl Lee.
(c) G.M. Clay.
(d) Geoffrey Birch.

5. What kind of act does Lester Lamb perform at the veterans club in Chapter V?
(a) A mime act.
(b) A vaudeville act.
(c) A minstrel act.
(d) A rodeo clown act.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?

2. What is strange about Quick Lamb’s appearance when he is discovered sick by his employers after going out in the boat in Chapter VI?

3. What is the name of the young woman that Quick Lamb begins dating in Chapter VI?

4. Who discovers Sam Pickles sitting on the edge of the bathtub with an open razor in Chapter V?

5. Who comes looking for Quick Lamb when he rows the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?

(see the answer key)

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