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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fish Lamb entertain himself by spinning at the dinner table in Chapter III?
(a) Dinner plates.
(b) Nickles.
(c) Spoons.
(d) Soup bowls.

2. The historical figure of Guy Fawkes was a member of what plot?
(a) The Arson Plot.
(b) The Kingsbury Plot.
(c) The Gunpowder Plot.
(d) The Boston Tea Plot.

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

4. 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 only chicken.
(b) His favorite horse.
(c) His only cow.
(d) His only pig.

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

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. How old does Quick Lamb turn on his birthday in the second half of Chapter III?

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

4. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?

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

(see the answer key)

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