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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes upset in Chapter IV when the Lamb and Pickles families go to burn the Guy Fawkes effigy?
(a) Quick Lamb.
(b) Rose Pickles.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) Fish Lamb.

2. Which of the Lamb daughters is a short-haired tomboy that does not want to marry?
(a) Elaine Lamb.
(b) Red Lamb.
(c) Hattie Lamb.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

3. What does Quick Lamb begin clipping from the newspaper and hanging on his wall in Chapter IV?
(a) Job postings.
(b) Sad stories.
(c) Reviews.
(d) Wedding announcements.

4. 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 butcher.
(b) A union boss.
(c) An undertaker.
(d) A schoolteacher.

5. How does Joel die in Chapter I?
(a) He is hit by a train.
(b) He develops tuberculosis.
(c) He has a stroke.
(d) He has a heart attack.

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

7. What war is under way in Chapter III of the novel?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

8. Fish Lamb seems to recognize everyone in his family except for whom in Chapter III?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Lester Lamb.
(c) Lon Lamb.
(d) Hattie Lamb.

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

10. What is the name of the young man who courts Hattie Lamb in Chapter V?
(a) Geoffrey Birch.
(b) G.M. Clay.
(c) Toby Raven.
(d) Beryl Lee.

11. What does the “blackfella” that Quick Lamb encounters in Chapter III try to sell him?
(a) Crayfish.
(b) Oysters.
(c) Trimmed saplings.
(d) Catfish.

12. Who beats up Dolly Pickles in Chapter V?
(a) G.M. Clay.
(b) Harry Lamb.
(c) Beryl Lee.
(d) Toby Raven.

13. What is inside the package that Sam receives in the hospital in Chapter I?
(a) A golden ring.
(b) An insurance settlement.
(c) His severed fingers.
(d) A job offer.

14. Dolly Pickles dreams about a man with prawns in Chapter I. When the man in Dolly’s dream puts a prawn in her mouth, it turns into what?
(a) A giant octopus.
(b) A ship's wheel.
(c) A snake.
(d) A severed finger.

15. What does Sam Pickles do with the money he receives as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) He sends it to his mother.
(b) He send it to his daughter.
(c) He invests in a car.
(d) He loses it gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Lamb daughters feel about their new life in the city in Chapter III?

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

3. What is the name of the competing grocer that Oriel Lamb decides to drive out of business in Chapter V?

4. What animal belonging to the Lamb family is said to talk in tongues in Chapter V?

5. What is Lester Lamb’s occupation in Chapter II?

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