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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the competing grocer that Oriel Lamb decides to drive out of business in Chapter V?
(a) Toby Raven.
(b) G.M. Clay.
(c) Geoffrey Birch.
(d) Wogga McBride.

2. How many fingers does Sam Pickles lose from his injury in Chapter I?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

7. What month is it when the warm weather begins in Australia, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) June.
(d) April.

8. Oriel Lamb describes her father’s remarriage to whom in Chapter III?
(a) A young teacher.
(b) A soothsayer.
(c) An elderly widow.
(d) An Aborigine woman.

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

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

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

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

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

14. How does Sam injure himself on the job in Chapter I?
(a) His hand is caught in a winch.
(b) His hand is run over by a tractor.
(c) His hand is burned by acid.
(d) His hand is shot with a pellet-gun.

15. How old is Fish Lamb in Chapter II?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quick Lamb’s favorite outdoor activity, according to the narrator in Chapter V?

2. Who is said to have convinced the woman who owned One Cloud Street to take in Aboriginal women in Chapter III?

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

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

5. What is the name of the young man who courts Hattie Lamb in Chapter V?

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