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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers Quick Lamb after his injury in Chapter VI?
(a) Mr. Wentworth.
(b) Sam Pickles.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Mery Pickles.

2. What season is it when Rose stops typing for Toby Raven in Chapter VIII?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

3. Where did the Pickles family live before they inherited the house at Number One Cloud Street?
(a) Pemberton.
(b) Geraldton.
(c) Margaret River.
(d) Southern Cross.

4. What job has Quick Lamb taken in the beginning of Chapter VI?
(a) Kangaroo shooter.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Undertaker.

5. What body part of Sam’s tingles when bad luck seems to be approaching in the novel?
(a) His ribcage.
(b) His foot.
(c) His neck.
(d) His hand.

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

7. What is the name of the dog that works alongside Quick Lamb in Chapter VI?
(a) Bill.
(b) Dusty.
(c) Sam.
(d) Jack.

8. Who mentions that Lester Lamb didn’t sleep in his bed the night before in Chapter VII?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Beryl Lee.

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

10. Who catches Quick Lamb and his girlfriend naked in the bush in Chapter VI?
(a) Geoffrey Birch.
(b) The Shire Clerk.
(c) The County Sheriff.
(d) Mr. Wentworth.

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

12. What central theme in the novel relates closely with the Pickles family?
(a) The violence of war.
(b) Corrupt politics.
(c) Luck.
(d) Revenge.

13. What is the name of the young woman that Lon Lamb marries in Chapter IX?
(a) Lucy Wentworth.
(b) Wogga McBride.
(c) Beryl Lee.
(d) Pansy Mullet.

14. Who helps deliver Rose’s baby in Chapter IX?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Don Pickles.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Sam Pickles.

15. Where in the house do Rose and Quick make love in Chapter VIII?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The attic.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has beaten up Sam Pickles in Chapter VII?

2. The trial of the serial killer in Perth is driven from the front pages of the paper by what news in Chapter X?

3. Sam realizes in Chapter X that he will soon have had Cloudstreet for how many years?

4. Who owns the cabin in the woods that Lester takes Sam to in Chapter VII?

5. What is strange about Quick Lamb’s appearance when he is discovered sick by his employers after going out in the boat in Chapter VI?

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