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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

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

2. What does Sam Pickles buy for Rose, reducing her to tears, in Chapter IV?
(a) A wooden desk.
(b) A composition book.
(c) A rag doll.
(d) A wedding gown.

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

4. Who has beaten up Sam Pickles in Chapter VII?
(a) Lester Lamb.
(b) Bookies he owes money to.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) The County Sheriff.

5. How is Quick Lamb injured in Chapter VI?
(a) He is shot by a poacher.
(b) His hand becomes entangled in a winch.
(c) He is hit by a bus while walking across the street.
(d) He is kicked in the chest by a kangaroo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What member of the Pickles family is described in Chapter I as “a damned good-looking woman”?

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

3. Who confronts Lester Lamb in Chapter VII about the affair he’s become engaged in?

4. What is the Lamb family fishing for in the opening of Chapter II?

5. What does Rose Pickles begin typing for Toby Raven in Chapter VIII?

(see the answer key)

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