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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Quick Lamb in Chapter II?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

3. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) Uncle Joel.
(b) Uncle Peter.
(c) Uncle James.
(d) Uncle Billy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?

2. Sam daydreams about drinking beer and eating what after work in Chapter I?

3. How did one of the Aboriginal women commit suicide at One Cloud Street, according to the narrator in Chapter III?

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

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

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