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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Playing piano.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Drinking wine.

2. 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) Blackbutt.
(b) White Horse.
(c) Ranger.
(d) Eurhythmic.

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

4. What is the name of the talking cockatoo that Sam Pickles wins gambling in Chapter IV?
(a) Sam.
(b) Harry.
(c) Billie.
(d) Lon.

5. Sam Pickles’s father is described in Chapter I as having passed along his love of what to his son?
(a) Nice clothing.
(b) Fancy cars.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sam injure himself on the job in Chapter I?

3. Fish Lamb seems to recognize everyone in his family except for whom in Chapter III?

4. How does Fish Lamb become injured in Chapter II?

5. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?

(see the answer key)

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