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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Watching television.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Playing piano.

2. What are the names of Rose’s brothers in the novel?
(a) Fish and Lester Pickles.
(b) Ted and Chub Pickles.
(c) Geoffrey and Harry Pickles.
(d) Lon and Merv Pickles.

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

4. By what name is the serial killer in Perth called in Chapter IX?
(a) The Night-train Stalker.
(b) The Perth Maniac.
(c) The Outback Murderer.
(d) The Nedlands Monster.

5. What does Quick Lamb begin clipping from the newspaper and hanging on his wall in Chapter IV?
(a) Wedding announcements.
(b) Sad stories.
(c) Job postings.
(d) Reviews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dolly Pickles confesses to Rose in Chapter IX that her elder sister was what?

2. The character of Toby Raven appears to Rose like what, in Chapter VIII?

3. Who is the lonely widow that Oriel Lamb meets at the Anzac Club in Chapter V?

4. Where is the Aborigine going that Quick Lamb picks up hitchhiking in Chapter VI?

5. Where does Beryl Lee say she is moving in Chapter VII?

(see the answer key)

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