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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kings Park is one of the largest inner city parks in the world. Approximately how many acres comprise Kings Park?
(a) 587.
(b) 897.
(c) 2,010.
(d) 1,003.

3. What does Sam collect in his job in Chapter I?
(a) Prawns.
(b) Guano.
(c) Crabs.
(d) Coal.

4. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?
(a) A Japanese soldier.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) An Italian soldier.
(d) A Nazi soldier.

5. What Australian slang term from the novel is an affectionate insult referring to someone who is unfashionable?
(a) Drongo.
(b) Dill.
(c) Dag.
(d) Galah.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?

2. What is inside the package that Sam receives in the hospital in Chapter I?

3. At a party in Chapter VIII, Toby Raven starts talking about a grotesque comedy he is working on, concerning a famous writer and what?

4. How old is Quick Lamb in Chapter II?

5. The Lamb family plants a garden and raises what animals in their half of the yard in Chapter III?

(see the answer key)

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