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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 Perth suburb that has the nearest shops to Cloud Street, across the railroad tracks?
(a) Margaret River.
(b) Mosman Park.
(c) Crawley.
(d) Subiaco.

2. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?
(a) Lon Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Lester Lamb.
(d) Fish Lamb.

3. The character of Toby Raven appears to Rose like what, in Chapter VIII?
(a) “A rich man.”
(b) “An individual.”
(c) “An artist.”
(d) “A politician.”

4. Rose Pickles learns from her coworkers about how to get dates by flirting on the phone in Chapter VIII. Where do the women tell their prospective dates to meet them?
(a) Outside the soda shop.
(b) At a French café.
(c) Outside the post office.
(d) Outside the library.

5. What is the name of the son that Rose gives birth to in Chapter IX?
(a) Lon Lamb.
(b) Harry Lamb.
(c) Mery Lamb.
(d) Joel Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confronts Lester Lamb in Chapter VII about the affair he’s become engaged in?

2. In what year is the Perth serial killer hung in Chapter X?

3. Who catches Quick Lamb and his girlfriend naked in the bush in Chapter VI?

4. What character is the youngest child in the Lamb family?

5. How old is Rose Pickles in the beginning of Chapter VIII?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Quick Lamb work in the beginning if Chapter VI? How is he injured on the job in this chapter?

2. What purpose does Rose’s relationship with Toby Raven serve in the narrative?

3. What is significant about the wedding of Rose and Quick in Chapter VIII? How does this event relate to the story’s plot?

4. What does the character of Lucy Wentworth represent symbolically in the story?

5. How does the author’s structural development reflect his themes in Chapter IX?

6. What is foreshadowed by the marriage of Hattie Lamb in Chapter VII?

7. What is the significance of the discussion about the black man voting in Chapter X?

8. What is foreshadowed by Oriel and Quick’s catch of prawns in Chapter VII?

9. How does Toby Raven respond when his work is mistaken for another writer’s at the party in Chapter VIII? What is indicated by this response?

10. What does Rose Pickles initially find attractive about Toby Raven in Chapter VIII? How do her feelings change?

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