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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who threatens Oriel Lamb to a fistfight in Chapter X and loses?
(a) Fish Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Mery Pickles.
(d) Lon Lamb.

2. Who comes looking for Quick Lamb when he rows the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Lester Lamb.
(c) Sam Pickles.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

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

4. 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) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

5. Who discovers Sam Pickles sitting on the edge of the bathtub with an open razor in Chapter V?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Lester Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town does the Pickles family live in Chapter I?

2. How does Fish Lamb become injured in Chapter II?

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

4. What central theme in the novel relates closely with the Pickles family?

5. Who catches Quick Lamb and his girlfriend naked in the bush in Chapter VI?

(see the answer key)

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