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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the Aborigine going that Quick Lamb picks up hitchhiking in Chapter VI?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Perth.
(c) Pemberton.
(d) Southern Cross.

3. Where does the Aborigine ask to be dropped off in Chapter VI?
(a) A prison.
(b) A Catholic Church.
(c) The city hall.
(d) Cloudstreet.

4. When Sam comes home from voting in Chapter X, he encounters a black man who tells him what?
(a) To sell Cloudstreet.
(b) Not to sell Cloudstreet.
(c) That someone is about to die.
(d) That he is going to be murdered.

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

6. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Fish Lamb.
(c) Lon Lamb.
(d) Lester Lamb.

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

8. Where does Beryl Lee say she is moving in Chapter VII?
(a) To a brothel.
(b) To a nunnery.
(c) To a college dorm.
(d) To a pub hotel.

9. Who spends all day in Kings Park in Chapter VII?
(a) Rose Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Elaine Lamb.
(d) Sam Pickles.

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

11. Quick and Oriel Lamb haul in a huge catch of what in Chapter VII?
(a) Prawns.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Lobsters.

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

13. What does Oriel Lamb dream about in Chapter IX?
(a) Floating in the ocean.
(b) Kangaroos.
(c) Drowning in a river.
(d) Bushfires.

14. What hill overlooks the city of Perth and forms part of Kings Park?
(a) Mount Topo.
(b) Mount Casba.
(c) Mount Eliza.
(d) Mount Oriole.

15. The young woman that Quick begins dating in Chapter VI says she wants to have a florist shop where?
(a) Canberra.
(b) Southern Cross.
(c) Perth.
(d) Sydney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has sex on the kitchen table in Chapter VII?

2. What central theme in the novel relates closely with the Pickles family?

3. How is Quick Lamb injured in Chapter VI?

4. Who threatens Oriel Lamb to a fistfight in Chapter X and loses?

5. What job has Quick Lamb taken in the beginning of Chapter VI?

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