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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The house at Number One Cloud Street that Sam Pickles inherits from his cousin is located in a suburb of what city?
(a) Fremantle.
(b) Canberra.
(c) Perth.
(d) Sydney.

2. What is the name of the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) The Eurhythmic Hotel.
(b) The Excelsior Hotel.
(c) The Southern Cross Hotel.
(d) The Mosman Hotel.

3. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?
(a) Merv Pickles.
(b) George Pickles.
(c) James Pickles.
(d) Ted Pickles.

4. Where does Sam receive a package from while he recuperates in the hospital in Chapter I?
(a) The Abrolhos Islands.
(b) The Anzac Club.
(c) Pemberton.
(d) Southern Cross.

5. In what town does the Pickles family live in Chapter I?
(a) Geraldton.
(b) Perth.
(c) Margaret River.
(d) Southern Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lester Lamb’s occupation in Chapter II?

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

3. In Joel’s will, it states that the house at One Cloud Street is left to Sam Pickles with what provision?

4. How old is Fish Lamb in Chapter II?

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

(see the answer key)

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