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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Rose and Quick have their wedding reception in Chapter VIII?
(a) The Returned Servicemen’s League hall.
(b) The monument in the center of
(c) An Anglican church.
(d) Cloudstreet.

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

3. What is the name of Lester Lamb’s cousin that Quick works for in southwestern Australia in Chapter VI?
(a) Earl Blunt.
(b) Geoffrey Birch.
(c) Mr. Wentworth.
(d) Harry Lamb.

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

5. Where does Beryl Lee say she is moving in Chapter VII?
(a) To a brothel.
(b) To a nunnery.
(c) To a pub hotel.
(d) To a college dorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What half-brother of Oriel Lamb’s was killed in Palestine in World War I?

2. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?

3. How does Sam injure himself on the job in Chapter I?

4. What does Dolly Pickles see when she awakens hung over and enters the library in Chapter IX?

5. What does Sam Pickles buy for Rose, reducing her to tears, in Chapter IV?

(see the answer key)

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