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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confronts Lester Lamb in Chapter VII about the affair he’s become engaged in?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Beryl Lee.
(d) Elaine Lamb.

2. Who is said to run the grocery store like a drill sergeant, keeping a close eye on supply and demand, in Chapter III?
(a) Rose Pickles.
(b) Sam Pickles.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

3. Oriel Lamb describes her father’s remarriage to whom in Chapter III?
(a) An elderly widow.
(b) A young teacher.
(c) A soothsayer.
(d) An Aborigine woman.

4. Sam daydreams about drinking beer and eating what after work in Chapter I?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Squid.
(d) Prawns.

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) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hill overlooks the city of Perth and forms part of Kings Park?

2. How old is Quick Lamb in Chapter II?

3. Who is Sam Pickles gambling with in Chapter IV when he gets so far ahead, the man has to give him a job?

4. What half-brother of Oriel Lamb’s was killed in Palestine in World War I?

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

(see the answer key)

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