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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fish talk to in the library that is described as always crying or angry in Chapter VII?
(a) Mery Pickles.
(b) The “shadow girl.”
(c) Quick Lamb.
(d) The blackman.

2. How does the schoolboy die that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?
(a) He is shot by his brother.
(b) He is hit by a car.
(c) He is hit by a train.
(d) He drowns in the river.

3. Oriel Lamb describes her father’s remarriage to whom in Chapter III?
(a) An Aborigine woman.
(b) A young teacher.
(c) An elderly widow.
(d) A soothsayer.

4. What does Dolly Pickles see when she awakens hung over and enters the library in Chapter IX?
(a) A woman hanging from the ceiling.
(b) The rug shivering in a corner.
(c) A woman holding a hatchet.
(d) A ghost hovering over the table.

5. How are Rose’s brothers described in Chapter V?
(a) Hard working
(b) Lazy.
(c) Excellent students.
(d) Overly ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the character of Geoffrey Birch from?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter V, Quick Lamb announces that he is leaving home to do what?

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

5. What hobby does Dolly Pickles take up in Chapter X?

(see the answer key)

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