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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Perth.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Canberra.

3. How does Joel die in Chapter I?
(a) He develops tuberculosis.
(b) He has a stroke.
(c) He is hit by a train.
(d) He has a heart attack.

4. What war is under way in Chapter III of the novel?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War I.

5. Sam daydreams about drinking beer and eating what after work in Chapter I?
(a) Prawns.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Squid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the old woman that previously owned the house at One Cloud Street doing when she died, according to the narrator in Chapter III?

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

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

4. Where does Sam receive a package from while he recuperates in the hospital in Chapter I?

5. What half-brother of Oriel Lamb’s was killed in Palestine in World War I?

(see the answer key)

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