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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Lamb and Pickles families arrange a picnic in Chapter X?
(a) By the river.
(b) In Subiaco.
(c) On the mountain.
(d) At Kings Park.

2. What question does Sam ask the black man that he encounters on his way home from voting in Chapter X?
(a) Where his son is.
(b) Who he voted for.
(c) Where his wife is.
(d) Who the ghosts are.

3. Sam realizes in Chapter X that he will soon have had Cloudstreet for how many years?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

4. What has Dolly Pickles broken in her accident in Chapter IX?
(a) Her ribs.
(b) Her collarbone.
(c) Her arm.
(d) He leg.

5. What character is the youngest child in the Lamb family?
(a) Hattie Lamb.
(b) Lon Lamb.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Elaine Lamb.

6. How long do Rose and Quick date before they wed in Chapter VIII?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 weeks.

7. When Quick’s son is born in Chapter IX, Quick remarks that the baby is slippery like what?
(a) Oil.
(b) Wax.
(c) Silk.
(d) Water.

8. Where did the Lamb family live before they moved into the house at Number One Cloud Street?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Southern Cross.
(c) Pemberton.
(d) Margaret River.

9. What does Quick Lamb begin selling through the grocery shop in Chapter VIII?
(a) Opium.
(b) Rice.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cakes.

10. What is the name of the baby girl Lon’s bride gives birth to in Chapter X?
(a) Dolly Elizabeth Pickles.
(b) Oriel Sarah Pickles.
(c) Hattie Michelle Pickles.
(d) Merrileen-Gay Pickles.

11. Kings Park is one of the largest inner city parks in the world. Approximately how many acres comprise Kings Park?
(a) 1,003.
(b) 2,010.
(c) 587.
(d) 897.

12. To what southwestern town in Australia does Quick Lamb drive after dropping off the Aborigine hitchhiker in Chapter VI?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Pemberton.
(d) Margaret River.

13. What kind of restaurant does Toby Raven invite Rose to for their first official date in Chapter VIII?
(a) A Chinese restaurant.
(b) An Italian restaurant.
(c) A Japanese restaurant.
(d) A French restaurant.

14. The boy that Quick finds drowned in the river in Chapter X turns out to be whose son?
(a) Lester Lamb's.
(b) Geoffrey Birch’s.
(c) The town mayor's.
(d) The Nedlands Monster’s.

15. Kings Park in Perth has panoramic views of what river?
(a) The Sydney River.
(b) The White River.
(c) The Swan River.
(d) The Red River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Quick and Rose see watching them from the wheat while they’re camping on vacation in Chapter X?

2. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?

3. What does Dolly Pickles see when she awakens hung over and enters the library in Chapter IX?

4. What hill overlooks the city of Perth and forms part of Kings Park?

5. Quick and Rose find a flat and move to what suburb in Chapter IX?

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