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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the Lamb daughters is a short-haired tomboy that does not want to marry?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Elaine Lamb.
(c) Red Lamb.
(d) Hattie Lamb.

2. What is Fish Lamb’s real first name?
(a) Samson.
(b) Mason.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Mery.

3. At what veterans club does Lester Lamb begin performing in Chapter V?
(a) The Anzac Club.
(b) The Koala Club.
(c) The Powder-Room Club.
(d) The White Horse Tavern.

4. What kind of act does Lester Lamb perform at the veterans club in Chapter V?
(a) A rodeo clown act.
(b) A vaudeville act.
(c) A minstrel act.
(d) A mime act.

5. What month is it when the warm weather begins in Australia, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lonely widow that Oriel Lamb meets at the Anzac Club in Chapter V?

2. Dolly Pickles dreams about a man with prawns in Chapter I. When the man in Dolly’s dream puts a prawn in her mouth, it turns into what?

3. What is the name of the boy at school that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?

4. The historical figure of Guy Fawkes was a member of what plot?

5. What is the name of the talking cockatoo that Sam Pickles wins gambling in Chapter IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by the central event that occurs in Chapter II of the novel?

2. What question is raised by Sam’s intuition about his luck changing in the beginning of Chapter IV?

3. How do the Pickles family members differ from the Lambs in their perception of luck, as noted in Chapter III?

4. What is significant about the author’s depiction of the house on Cloud Street in Chapter III?

5. How are fates of the Lamb and Pickles families compared to one another in Chapter II?

6. How is Fish’s mental capacity changed after his accident?

7. qHow does the Lamb family perceive the concept of “fate” as seen in Chapter III?

8. What events occur in January of 1951, according to the narrator in Chapter V?

9. What are Rose Pickles’s perceptions of her parents, as seen in Chapter I of the novel?

10. How would you characterize the language style of Cloudstreet?

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