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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fish Lamb become injured in Chapter II?
(a) He falls down a flight of stairs
(b) He almost drowns.
(c) He is hit by a train.
(d) He is hit by a car.

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

3. What is Fish Lamb’s real first name?
(a) Samson.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Mery.
(d) Mason.

4. How many children do Lester and Oriel Lamb have in Chapter II?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. Sam Pickles’s father is described in Chapter I as having passed along his love of what to his son?
(a) Politics.
(b) Fancy cars.
(c) Nice clothing.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old is Fish Lamb in Chapter II?

4. What was the name of the horse that Joel was betting on when he won a small fortune and bought the house at One Cloud Street?

5. What is the Lamb family fishing for in the opening of Chapter II?

(see the answer key)

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