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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Lamb family fishing for in the opening of Chapter II?
(a) Prawns.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Crayfish.
(d) Trout.

2. What is Quick Lamb’s real first name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Mason.
(c) Mary.
(d) Samson.

3. What half-brother of Oriel Lamb’s was killed in Palestine in World War I?
(a) Bluey.
(b) Henry.
(c) Ted.
(d) James.

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

5. 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.

6. 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 send it to his daughter.
(b) He invests in a car.
(c) He loses it gambling.
(d) He sends it to his mother.

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

8. Who does Quick Lamb take with him to row the skiff upriver in Chapter IV?
(a) Lon Lamb.
(b) Ted Lamb.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

9. Where does Sam receive a package from while he recuperates in the hospital in Chapter I?
(a) Pemberton.
(b) Southern Cross.
(c) The Abrolhos Islands.
(d) The Anzac Club.

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

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

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

13. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?
(a) James Pickles.
(b) Merv Pickles.
(c) George Pickles.
(d) Ted Pickles.

14. How old does Quick Lamb turn on his birthday in the second half of Chapter III?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?

2. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?

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

4. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?

5. Sam recuperates in the hospital for how long after his work injury in Chapter I?

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