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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the members of the Lamb family spin in order to determine who will wash dishes in Chapter III?
(a) An Indian arrowhead.
(b) A butter knife.
(c) A bottle.
(d) A pencil.

2. What is the name of the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) The Eurhythmic Hotel.
(b) The Excelsior Hotel.
(c) The Southern Cross Hotel.
(d) The Mosman Hotel.

3. What is Quick Lamb’s favorite outdoor activity, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Gardening.

4. Who does Rose daydream about running away with in Chapter V?
(a) Lester Lamb.
(b) Fish Lamb.
(c) Quick Lamb.
(d) Toby Raven.

5. How old is Quick Lamb in the beginning of Chapter V?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

6. What animal belonging to the Lamb family is said to talk in tongues in Chapter V?
(a) A horse.
(b) A parrot.
(c) A pig.
(d) A goldfish.

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

8. Who is Sam Pickles gambling with in Chapter IV when he gets so far ahead, the man has to give him a job?
(a) A union boss.
(b) An undertaker.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A schoolteacher.

9. How did one of the Aboriginal women commit suicide at One Cloud Street, according to the narrator in Chapter III?
(a) She overdosed on pain pills.
(b) She hung herself.
(c) She slit her wrists.
(d) She drank ant poison.

10. Where does Sam Pickles “win” a job position during a gambling game in Chapter IV?
(a) A butcher’s shop.
(b) A bank.
(c) A mint.
(d) A school.

11. What nation has surrendered, leading to the end of the war in Chapter IV?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) England.
(d) Japan.

12. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) Uncle James.
(b) Uncle Billy.
(c) Uncle Joel.
(d) Uncle Peter.

13. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Subiaco.
(c) Fremantle.
(d) Pemberton.

14. How does Fish Lamb become injured in Chapter II?
(a) He almost drowns.
(b) He is hit by a car.
(c) He falls down a flight of stairs
(d) He is hit by a train.

15. What was the name of the horse that Joel was betting on when he won a small fortune and bought the house at One Cloud Street?
(a) White Horse.
(b) Blackbutt.
(c) Ranger.
(d) Eurhythmic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes upset in Chapter IV when the Lamb and Pickles families go to burn the Guy Fawkes effigy?

2. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?

3. 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?

4. What is the Lamb family fishing for in the opening of Chapter II?

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

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