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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the horse that Joel was betting on when he won a small fortune and bought the house at One Cloud Street?
(a) Ranger.
(b) Blackbutt.
(c) White Horse.
(d) Eurhythmic.

2. Where does Sam receive a package from while he recuperates in the hospital in Chapter I?
(a) The Anzac Club.
(b) Southern Cross.
(c) The Abrolhos Islands.
(d) Pemberton.

3. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?
(a) Brain damaged.
(b) Traumatized.
(c) Physically stunted.
(d) Paralyzed.

4. What do the members of the Lamb family spin in order to determine who will wash dishes in Chapter III?
(a) An Indian arrowhead.
(b) A bottle.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A butter knife.

5. The Lamb family plants a garden and raises what animals in their half of the yard in Chapter III?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Lambs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the “blackfella” that Quick Lamb encounters in Chapter III try to sell him?

2. What are the names of Rose’s brothers in the novel?

3. What is the Lamb family fishing for in the opening of Chapter II?

4. What is Lester Lamb’s occupation in Chapter II?

5. Sam Pickles’s father is described in Chapter I as having passed along his love of what to his son?

(see the answer key)

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