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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 Mosman Hotel.
(b) The Eurhythmic Hotel.
(c) The Excelsior Hotel.
(d) The Southern Cross Hotel.

2. What does Sam Pickles do with the money he receives as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) He invests in a car.
(b) He sends it to his mother.
(c) He loses it gambling.
(d) He send it to his daughter.

3. Which of the Lamb daughters is noted as being a remarkably good marbles player?
(a) Red Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Elaine Lamb.
(d) Hattie Lamb.

4. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?
(a) George Pickles.
(b) James Pickles.
(c) Merv Pickles.
(d) Ted Pickles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam Pickles buy for Rose, reducing her to tears, in Chapter IV?

2. In Chapter V, Quick Lamb announces that he is leaving home to do what?

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

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?

5. Who does Rose daydream about running away with in Chapter V?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Fish’s mental state transformed in Chapter V? What has led to this transformation?

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

4. How is the concept of “luck” perceived by the members of the Pickles family? Where did this perception of luck derive from?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the central event that dominates Chapter II? Why is this event important in the story?

10. How are Quick Lamb and Rose Pickles described in the beginning of Chapter V? How old are they at this point?

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