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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. Who discovers Sam Pickles sitting on the edge of the bathtub with an open razor in Chapter V?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Lester Lamb.

2. 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) Rose Pickles'.
(b) Lester Lamb’s.
(c) Dolly Pickles'.
(d) Sam Pickles'.

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

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

5. How are Rose’s brothers described in Chapter V?
(a) Excellent students.
(b) Hard working
(c) Lazy.
(d) Overly ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the department store where Rose Pickles begins working at as a switchboard operator in Chapter V?

2. What is the name of the horse that Sam Pickles starts betting on in Chapter IV?

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

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

5. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What scene is depicted in the brief section prior to the opening of Chapter I?

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

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

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