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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?
(a) A Nazi soldier.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) An Italian soldier.
(d) A Japanese soldier.

2. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?
(a) Traumatized.
(b) Brain damaged.
(c) Paralyzed.
(d) Physically stunted.

3. Who is said to have convinced the woman who owned One Cloud Street to take in Aboriginal women in Chapter III?
(a) A local politician.
(b) An Anglican priest.
(c) A Catholic nun.
(d) A traveling salesman.

4. Who does Quick Lamb take with him to row the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?
(a) Ted Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Lon Lamb.

5. What member of the Pickles family is described in Chapter I as “a damned good-looking woman”?
(a) Elaine Pickles.
(b) Rose Pickles.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) Hattie Pickles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sam recuperates in the hospital for how long after his work injury in Chapter I?

3. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?

4. What does Sam Pickles buy for Rose, reducing her to tears, in Chapter IV?

5. Who comes looking for Quick Lamb when he rows the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?

(see the answer key)

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