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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old does Quick Lamb turn on his birthday in the second half of Chapter III?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) His favorite horse.
(b) His only chicken.
(c) His only pig.
(d) His only cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inside the package that Sam receives in the hospital in Chapter I?

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

3. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?

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

5. What did Sam Pickles’s father do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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