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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of act does Lester Lamb perform at the veterans club in Chapter V?
(a) A rodeo clown act.
(b) A minstrel act.
(c) A vaudeville act.
(d) A mime act.

2. What did Sam Pickles’s father do for a living?
(a) He was a bus driver.
(b) He was a taxidermist.
(c) He was a water diviner.
(d) He was a college professor.

3. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) Uncle Billy.
(b) Uncle Peter.
(c) Uncle Joel.
(d) Uncle James.

4. To what southwestern town in Australia does Quick Lamb drive after dropping off the Aborigine hitchhiker in Chapter VI?
(a) Margaret River.
(b) Southern Cross.
(c) Fremantle.
(d) Pemberton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Rose’s brothers in the novel?

2. Who does Rose daydream about running away with in Chapter V?

3. What is the name of the horse that Sam Pickles starts betting on in Chapter IV?

4. Who spends all day in Kings Park in Chapter VII?

5. What war is under way in Chapter III of the novel?

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