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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 severed finger.
(b) A ship's wheel.
(c) A giant octopus.
(d) A snake.

2. What is Fish Lamb’s real first name?
(a) Mason.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Mery.
(d) Samson.

3. What was the name of the horse that Joel was betting on when he won a small fortune and bought the house at One Cloud Street?
(a) White Horse.
(b) Eurhythmic.
(c) Ranger.
(d) Blackbutt.

4. What does Sam collect in his job in Chapter I?
(a) Prawns.
(b) Guano.
(c) Coal.
(d) Crabs.

5. How did one of the Aboriginal women commit suicide at One Cloud Street, according to the narrator in Chapter III?
(a) She overdosed on pain pills.
(b) She drank ant poison.
(c) She slit her wrists.
(d) She hung herself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many fingers does Sam Pickles lose from his injury 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. Sam daydreams about drinking beer and eating what after work in Chapter I?

5. Who does Quick Lamb take with him to row the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?

(see the answer key)

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