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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The historical figure of Guy Fawkes was a member of what plot?
(a) The Arson Plot.
(b) The Boston Tea Plot.
(c) The Gunpowder Plot.
(d) The Kingsbury Plot.

8. Who is said to run the grocery store like a drill sergeant, keeping a close eye on supply and demand, in Chapter III?
(a) Sam Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Dolly Pickles.

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

10. What is the name of the talking cockatoo that Sam Pickles wins gambling in Chapter IV?
(a) Billie.
(b) Harry.
(c) Sam.
(d) Lon.

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

12. Sam recuperates in the hospital for how long after his work injury in Chapter I?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy at school that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?

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

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

4. Who is Sam Pickles gambling with in Chapter IV when he gets so far ahead, the man has to give him a job?

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

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