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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 Lester Lamb’s cousin that Quick works for in southwestern Australia in Chapter VI?
(a) Mr. Wentworth.
(b) Harry Lamb.
(c) Earl Blunt.
(d) Geoffrey Birch.

2. Where does Beryl Lee say she is moving in Chapter VII?
(a) To a college dorm.
(b) To a pub hotel.
(c) To a nunnery.
(d) To a brothel.

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

4. Kings Park in Perth has panoramic views of what river?
(a) The Red River.
(b) The White River.
(c) The Swan River.
(d) The Sydney River.

5. Where is the Aborigine going that Quick Lamb picks up hitchhiking in Chapter VI?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Perth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dolly Pickles broken in her accident in Chapter IX?

2. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?

3. What hill overlooks the city of Perth and forms part of Kings Park?

4. What does Dolly Pickles see when she awakens hung over and enters the library in Chapter IX?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rose’s position in work and society described in the beginning of Chapter VIII?

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

3. How is the glow surrounding the character of Beryl Lee interpreted in Chapter VII?

4. How does the author address the concept of faith through Oriel and Lester in Chapter X?

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

6. 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?

7. What bad things begin happening after Sam Pickles has foreseen bad luck in Chapter IX?

8. How does the relationship between Dolly and Rose Pickles evolve in Chapter IX?

9. What is represented symbolically by the black hitchhiker that Quick Lamb meets in Chapter VI?

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

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