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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The serial killer that terrorizes Perth in Chapter IX is based on what real-life figure?
(a) Peter McAnderson.
(b) Eric Edgar Cooke.
(c) Richard Ramirez.
(d) James Walter Goodman.

3. Who does Quick Lamb find in bed beside him when he awakens from his sickness in Chapter VII?
(a) Rose Pickles.
(b) Sam Pickles.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

4. Who gets married in the beginning of Chapter VII?
(a) Rose Pickles and Fish Lamb.
(b) Merv Pickles and Beryl Lee.
(c) Hattie Lamb and Geoffrey Birch.
(d) Elaine Lamb and Geoffrey Birch.

5. Who decides to accompany Rose, Quick, and their son, on vacation in Chapter X?
(a) Beryl Lee.
(b) Lester Lamb.
(c) Dolly Pickles.
(d) Fish Lamb.

6. What is the name of the Perth suburb that has the nearest shops to Cloud Street, across the railroad tracks?
(a) Subiaco.
(b) Mosman Park.
(c) Crawley.
(d) Margaret River.

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Who he voted for.
(c) Where his wife is.
(d) Where his son is.

12. The character of Toby Raven appears to Rose like what, in Chapter VIII?
(a) “A politician.”
(b) “An artist.”
(c) “An individual.”
(d) “A rich man.”

13. 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 hand.
(d) His neck.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Quick and Oriel Lamb haul in a huge catch of what in Chapter VII?

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

3. What is the name of Lester Lamb’s cousin that Quick works for in southwestern Australia in Chapter VI?

4. What is Toby Raven’s profession when Rose meets him in Chapter VIII?

5. What does Oriel Lamb dream about in Chapter IX?

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