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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rose comes to the realization in Chapter X that she shares leadership skills in common with whom?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Lucy Wentworth.
(c) Lester Lamb.
(d) Geoffrey Birch.

2. Who bangs on the piano and yells at two shadows to go away at Cloudstreet in Chapter IX?
(a) Fish Lamb.
(b) Quick Lamb.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Lester Lamb.

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

4. Quick and Rose find a flat and move to what suburb in Chapter IX?
(a) Geraldton.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Mosman Park.
(d) Subiaco.

5. Who does Fish talk to in the library that is described as always crying or angry in Chapter VII?
(a) Mery Pickles.
(b) The “shadow girl.”
(c) Quick Lamb.
(d) The blackman.

6. What is Toby Raven’s profession when Rose meets him in Chapter VIII?
(a) He is a reporter.
(b) He is a policeman.
(c) He is a banker.
(d) He is a politician.

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

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

9. When he goes out in the fishing boat in Chapter VI, Quick Lamb sees the figure of what on the shore?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A black woman.
(d) A black man.

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

11. To what remote town do Rose and Quick drive to for their vacation in Chapter X?
(a) Pemberton.
(b) Margaret River.
(c) Crawley.
(d) Southern Cross.

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

13. 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.

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 Nedlands Monster’s.
(d) The town mayor's.

15. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quick Lamb begin selling through the grocery shop in Chapter VIII?

2. What kind of restaurant does Toby Raven invite Rose to for their first official date in Chapter VIII?

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

4. The serial killer that terrorizes Perth in Chapter IX is based on what real-life figure?

5. By what name is the serial killer in Perth called in Chapter IX?

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