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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dog that works alongside Quick Lamb in Chapter VI?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Jack.
(c) Bill.
(d) Sam.

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

3. Who bangs on the piano and yells at two shadows to go away at Cloudstreet in Chapter IX?
(a) Lester Lamb.
(b) Fish Lamb.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Quick Lamb.

4. How does Fish Lamb die in Chapter X?
(a) He is hit by a train.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He overdoses on painkillers.
(d) He is shot.

5. 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 ghost hovering over the table.
(d) A woman holding a hatchet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Fish Lamb in Chapter II?

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

3. How does Dolly Pickles become injured in Chapter IX?

4. Who decides to accompany Rose, Quick, and their son, on vacation in Chapter X?

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

(see the answer key)

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