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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Mosman Hotel.
(d) The Southern Cross Hotel.

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

3. How many children do Lester and Oriel Lamb have in Chapter II?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. What is the name of the horse that Sam Pickles starts betting on in Chapter IV?
(a) White Glory.
(b) Eurhythmic.
(c) Samson.
(d) Blackbutt.

5. What does Quick Lamb begin clipping from the newspaper and hanging on his wall in Chapter IV?
(a) Reviews.
(b) Job postings.
(c) Wedding announcements.
(d) Sad stories.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who becomes the chief baker and ice-cream maker at the store in Chapter III?

4. The people who frequent the grocery store at Number One Cloud Street assume that who owns the building in Chapter III?

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

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