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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Aborigine going that Quick Lamb picks up hitchhiking in Chapter VI?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Perth.
(d) Southern Cross.

2. 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) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

3. 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) Drinking wine.
(b) Playing piano.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Watching television.

4. What is the name of the young man who courts Hattie Lamb in Chapter V?
(a) Toby Raven.
(b) Geoffrey Birch.
(c) Beryl Lee.
(d) G.M. Clay.

5. Who owns the cabin in the woods that Lester takes Sam to in Chapter VII?
(a) Geoffrey Birch.
(b) Lucy Wentworth.
(c) Chub Pickles.
(d) Beryl Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?

2. How does Joel die in Chapter I?

3. How old is Quick Lamb in Chapter II?

4. Who discovers Sam Pickles sitting on the edge of the bathtub with an open razor in Chapter V?

5. What did Oriel’s father kill in order to use its bladder to treat Oriel after she was burned in a bushfire, according to the narrative in Chapter III?

(see the answer key)

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