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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 love it.
(d) They hate it.

3. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The attic.
(d) The library.

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

5. Sam daydreams about drinking beer and eating what after work in Chapter I?
(a) Squid.
(b) Prawns.
(c) Crayfish.
(d) Catfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?

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

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

4. How many children do Lester and Oriel Lamb have in Chapter II?

5. What does Sam Pickles do with the money he receives as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?

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