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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers Sam Pickles sitting on the edge of the bathtub with an open razor in Chapter V?
(a) Lester Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

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

3. What is the name of the boy at school that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?
(a) Wogga McBride.
(b) Chub Pickles.
(c) Toby Raven.
(d) G.M. Clay.

4. What kind of act does Lester Lamb perform at the veterans club in Chapter V?
(a) A vaudeville act.
(b) A rodeo clown act.
(c) A mime act.
(d) A minstrel act.

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

6. Whose idea is it initially to open a small grocery store in an empty room in the house at Number One Cloud Street in Chapter III?
(a) Rose Pickles'.
(b) Lester Lamb’s.
(c) Sam Pickles'.
(d) Dolly Pickles'.

7. 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.

8. The Lamb family plants a garden and raises what animals in their half of the yard in Chapter III?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Goats.
(c) Lambs.
(d) Chickens.

9. When is Guy Fawkes Night observed?
(a) July 4.
(b) December 1.
(c) November 5.
(d) November 30.

10. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The attic.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The library.

11. The doctor who examines Fish Lamb in Chapter III believes that he must be what as a result of his accident?
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Physically stunted.
(c) Traumatized.
(d) Brain damaged.

12. Who is the lonely widow that Oriel Lamb meets at the Anzac Club in Chapter V?
(a) Wogga McBride.
(b) Lucy Wentworth.
(c) G.M. Clay.
(d) Beryl Lee.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oriel Lamb describes her father’s remarriage to whom in Chapter III?

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

3. What did Sam Pickles’s father do for a living?

4. What Australian coin-flipping game does Sam gamble on in Chapter IV?

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

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