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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the “blackfella” that Quick Lamb encounters in Chapter III try to sell him?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Oysters.
(c) Trimmed saplings.
(d) Crayfish.

2. In what year did Joel win a small fortune gambling and buy the house at One Cloud Street?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1929.

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

4. What is the name of the competing grocer that Oriel Lamb decides to drive out of business in Chapter V?
(a) Toby Raven.
(b) Geoffrey Birch.
(c) G.M. Clay.
(d) Wogga McBride.

5. How old is Rose Pickles when she no longer scours the pubs looking for her mother because she won’t brave the drunks in Chapter V?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the schoolboy die that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?

2. The Lamb family plants a garden and raises what animals in their half of the yard in Chapter III?

3. How many children do Lester and Oriel Lamb have in Chapter II?

4. What is the name of the department store where Rose Pickles begins working at as a switchboard operator in Chapter V?

5. What are the names of Rose’s brothers in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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