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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. How do the Lamb daughters feel about their new life in the city in Chapter III?
(a) They love it.
(b) They regret it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They miss it.

2. What is the name of the horse that Sam Pickles starts betting on in Chapter IV?
(a) Eurhythmic.
(b) Samson.
(c) White Glory.
(d) Blackbutt.

3. Whose idea is it initially to open a small grocery store in an empty room in the house at Number One Cloud Street in Chapter III?
(a) Lester Lamb’s.
(b) Rose Pickles'.
(c) Sam Pickles'.
(d) Dolly Pickles'.

4. How old is Rose Pickles when she begins to get alarmingly thin in Chapter V?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

5. In what year did Joel win a small fortune gambling and buy the house at One Cloud Street?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oriel’s father kill in order to use its bladder to treat Oriel after she was burned in a bushfire, according to the narrative in Chapter III?

2. What is the Lamb family fishing for in the opening of Chapter II?

3. What does Fish Lamb entertain himself by spinning at the dinner table in Chapter III?

4. Where is Quick Lamb supposed to row the skiff to a dock at in Chapter IV?

5. The house at Number One Cloud Street that Sam Pickles inherits from his cousin is located in a suburb of what city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is author Tim Winton’s focus in Chapter V? How does this chapter serve the novel?

7. What can the character of Rose Pickles be seen to represent symbolically in Chapter I?

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

9. How are the characters of Lester and Oriel Lamb introduced in Chapter II? What is their family doing when they are introduced?

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

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