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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What member of the Pickles family is described in Chapter I as “a damned good-looking woman”?
(a) Hattie Pickles.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Elaine Pickles.

2. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?
(a) Elaine Lamb.
(b) Red Lamb.
(c) Hattie Lamb.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

3. It is New Year’s Day of what year when Oriel sets up a tent in the backyard in Chapter IV?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1936.

4. In Joel’s will, it states that the house at One Cloud Street is left to Sam Pickles with what provision?
(a) That he leave it to his children when he dies.
(b) That he not sell it for 20 years.
(c) That he open a store there.
(d) That he sell it immediately.

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

6. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) 10,000 pounds.
(b) 5,000 pounds.
(c) 2,000 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

7. How old is Rose Pickles when she no longer scours the pubs looking for her mother because she won’t brave the drunks in Chapter V?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

8. It is January of what year that the Lambs succeed in driving the competing grocer out of business in Chapter V?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

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

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

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

12. The house at Number One Cloud Street that Sam Pickles inherits from his cousin is located in a suburb of what city?
(a) Perth.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Canberra.

13. What Australian coin-flipping game does Sam gamble on in Chapter IV?
(a) Double diamonds.
(b) Two-up.
(c) Knucklebones.
(d) Aces high.

14. How old is Quick Lamb in Chapter II?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?

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

3. What are the names of Rose’s brothers in the novel?

4. What do the members of the Lamb family spin in order to determine who will wash dishes in Chapter III?

5. What is the name of the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?

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