1. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) 2,000 pounds.
(b) 10,000 pounds.
(c) 5,000 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

2. 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.

3. Oriel Lamb describes her father’s remarriage to whom in Chapter III?
(a) An elderly widow.
(b) An Aborigine woman.
(c) A young teacher.
(d) A soothsayer.

4. Dolly Pickles dreams about a man with prawns in Chapter I. When the man in Dolly’s dream puts a prawn in her mouth, it turns into what?
(a) A ship's wheel.
(b) A giant octopus.
(c) A snake.
(d) A severed finger.

5. Who becomes the chief baker and ice-cream maker at the store in Chapter III?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Lester Lamb.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Sam Pickles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oriel’s father kill in order to use its bladder to treat Oriel after she was burned in a bushfire, according to the narrative in Chapter III?

2. In what town does the Pickles family live in Chapter I?

3. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?

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

5. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?

(see the answer key)

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