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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 Quick Lamb’s favorite outdoor activity, according to the narrator in Chapter V?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Gardening.

2. Where does Sam receive a package from while he recuperates in the hospital in Chapter I?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) The Abrolhos Islands.
(c) Pemberton.
(d) The Anzac Club.

3. How much money does Sam Pickles receive as his share from the sale of the pub hotel in Chapter III?
(a) 5,000 pounds.
(b) 10,000 pounds.
(c) 1,000 pounds.
(d) 2,000 pounds.

4. How old does Quick Lamb turn on his birthday in the second half of Chapter III?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

5. In Chapter IV, the grocery shop is closed for a day as Lester takes his family to what port town?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Subiaco.
(d) Fremantle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the Lamb daughters feel about their new life in the city in Chapter III?

5. In Joel’s will, it states that the house at One Cloud Street is left to Sam Pickles with what provision?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Sam’s actions in Chapter III propel the plot of the narrative forward?

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

8. What is symbolized by Fish’s fit during the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day in Chapter IV?

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

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

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