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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ted Pickles working as in South Australia in Chapter VIII?
(a) A bank teller.
(b) A kangaroo shooter.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A jockey.

2. What job has Quick Lamb taken in the beginning of Chapter VI?
(a) Kangaroo shooter.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Policeman.
(d) Undertaker.

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

4. 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 local politician.
(c) A traveling salesman.
(d) An Anglican priest.

5. What is the name of Lester Lamb’s cousin that Quick works for in southwestern Australia in Chapter VI?
(a) Harry Lamb.
(b) Mr. Wentworth.
(c) Earl Blunt.
(d) Geoffrey Birch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?

2. In what year did Joel win a small fortune gambling and buy the house at One Cloud Street?

3. The serial killer that terrorizes Perth in Chapter IX is based on what real-life figure?

4. Who becomes the chief baker and ice-cream maker at the store in Chapter III?

5. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?

(see the answer key)

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