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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) 10,000 pounds.
(b) 2,000 pounds.
(c) 1,000 pounds.
(d) 5,000 pounds.

2. Why does Beryl Lee say she is moving out in Chapter VII?
(a) She needs to live closer to medical care.
(b) She wants to get married.
(c) She misses her family.
(d) She is attracted to Lester Lamb.

3. What is the name of the Perth suburb that has the nearest shops to Cloud Street, across the railroad tracks?
(a) Crawley.
(b) Margaret River.
(c) Subiaco.
(d) Mosman Park.

4. In Chapter V, Quick Lamb announces that he is leaving home to do what?
(a) “Find himself.”
(b) “Fight for freedom.”
(c) “Join the military.”
(d) “Go bush.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Aborigine going that Quick Lamb picks up hitchhiking in Chapter VI?

2. Where did the Lamb family live before they moved into the house at Number One Cloud Street?

3. It is January of what year that the Lambs succeed in driving the competing grocer out of business in Chapter V?

4. What Australian coin-flipping game does Sam gamble on in Chapter IV?

5. What is Lester Lamb’s occupation in Chapter II?

(see the answer key)

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