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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Quick Lamb turn on his birthday in the second half of Chapter III?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

2. Sam recuperates in the hospital for how long after his work injury in Chapter I?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

3. How do the Lamb daughters feel about their new life in the city in Chapter III?
(a) They regret it.
(b) They miss it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They love it.

4. 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) Drinking wine.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Playing piano.
(d) Watching television.

5. Who is said to run the grocery store like a drill sergeant, keeping a close eye on supply and demand, in Chapter III?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Sam Pickles.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Rose Pickles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quick Lamb’s real first name?

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

3. What member of the Pickles family is described in Chapter I as “a damned good-looking woman”?

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

5. How did one of the Aboriginal women commit suicide at One Cloud Street, according to the narrator in Chapter III?

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