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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who owns the cabin in the woods that Lester takes Sam to in Chapter VII?
(a) Geoffrey Birch.
(b) Chub Pickles.
(c) Lucy Wentworth.
(d) Beryl Lee.

4. Who threatens Oriel Lamb to a fistfight in Chapter X and loses?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Fish Lamb.
(c) Mery Pickles.
(d) Lon Lamb.

5. What do Quick Lamb and Rose Pickles share as they talk while Fish sleeps in Chapter VIII?
(a) Beer.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Wine.

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

7. To what department is Quick Lamb transferred in the opening of Chapter X?
(a) Internal banking.
(b) Stocks and bonds.
(c) Homicides.
(d) Traffic detail.

8. For how long do the Lambs nurse Quick back to health after he is returned to Cloudstreet in Chapter VI?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 7 days.

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

10. By what name is the serial killer in Perth called in Chapter IX?
(a) The Nedlands Monster.
(b) The Perth Maniac.
(c) The Outback Murderer.
(d) The Night-train Stalker.

11. In what year is the Perth serial killer hung in Chapter X?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1958.

12. How has Ted Pickles died in Chapter IX?
(a) He drowned in the river.
(b) He was hit by a train.
(c) He developed cancer.
(d) He had a heart attack.

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

14. Who dismantles the tent in the backyard in the end of Chapter X?
(a) Dolly Pickles and Oriel Lamb.
(b) Lester Lamb and Sam Pickles.
(c) Quick Lamb and Fish Lamb.
(d) Ted Pickles and Elaine Lamb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rose comes to the realization in Chapter X that she shares leadership skills in common with whom?

2. To what southwestern town in Australia does Quick Lamb drive after dropping off the Aborigine hitchhiker in Chapter VI?

3. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?

4. Who does Fish talk to in the library that is described as always crying or angry in Chapter VII?

5. Why does Beryl Lee say she is moving out in Chapter VII?

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