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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. What is the name of the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) The Excelsior Hotel.
(b) The Eurhythmic Hotel.
(c) The Southern Cross Hotel.
(d) The Mosman Hotel.

2. In what room of the house at One Cloud Street did the old woman who previously owned it die?
(a) The library.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The attic.

3. The house at Number One Cloud Street that Sam Pickles inherits from his cousin is located in a suburb of what city?
(a) Canberra.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Perth.

4. 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?
(a) A ship's wheel.
(b) A snake.
(c) A giant octopus.
(d) A severed finger.

5. What is the name of Rose Pickle’s uncle that owns the pub hotel where the Pickle family lives in Chapter I?
(a) Uncle Joel.
(b) Uncle Billy.
(c) Uncle James.
(d) Uncle Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joel die in Chapter I?

2. What Australian coin-flipping game does Sam gamble on in Chapter IV?

3. What is inside the package that Sam receives in the hospital in Chapter I?

4. The Lamb family plants a garden and raises what animals in their half of the yard in Chapter III?

5. What does the “blackfella” that Quick Lamb encounters in Chapter III try to sell him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theme is introduced through the character of Rose Pickles in the beginning of Chapter I?

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

3. How does Oriel Lamb respond to the departure of Quick from Cloudstreet in Chapter V?

4. How does the Lamb family perceive the concept of “luck,” as seen in the second half of Chapter III? What symbolizes this perception?

5. What is noteworthy about the narratives of Quick and Fish Lamb in Chapter IV?

6. What is revealed about the character of Oriel Lamb in the second half of Chapter III?

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

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

9. How does the luck of the Pickles family change at the end of Chapter IV?

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

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