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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes upset in Chapter IV when the Lamb and Pickles families go to burn the Guy Fawkes effigy?
(a) Fish Lamb.
(b) Rose Pickles.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) Quick Lamb.

2. How does the schoolboy die that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He is shot by his brother.
(c) He is hit by a train.
(d) He drowns in the river.

3. Who is said to have convinced the woman who owned One Cloud Street to take in Aboriginal women in Chapter III?
(a) A Catholic nun.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) An Anglican priest.
(d) A local politician.

4. What is Quick Lamb’s favorite outdoor activity, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Horseback riding.

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) Rose Pickles.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of restaurant does Toby Raven invite Rose to for their first official date in Chapter VIII?

2. The Lamb family plants a garden and raises what animals in their half of the yard in Chapter III?

3. What kind of act does Lester Lamb perform at the veterans club in Chapter V?

4. What Australian slang term from the novel is an affectionate insult referring to someone who is unfashionable?

5. Whose idea is it initially to open a small grocery store in an empty room in the house at Number One Cloud Street in Chapter III?

(see the answer key)

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