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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 strange about Quick Lamb’s appearance when he is discovered sick by his employers after going out in the boat in Chapter VI?
(a) His skin is darker than usual.
(b) His eyes won’t open.
(c) His face has tattoos on it.
(d) He appears to be glowing.

2. Who bangs on the piano and yells at two shadows to go away at Cloudstreet in Chapter IX?
(a) Quick Lamb.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Lester Lamb.

3. Who has beaten up Sam Pickles in Chapter VII?
(a) Bookies he owes money to.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Lester Lamb.
(d) The County Sheriff.

4. What central theme in the novel relates closely with the Pickles family?
(a) The violence of war.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Corrupt politics.
(d) Luck.

5. What season is it when Rose stops typing for Toby Raven in Chapter VIII?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kings Park is one of the largest inner city parks in the world. Approximately how many acres comprise Kings Park?

2. When Quick’s son is born in Chapter IX, Quick remarks that the baby is slippery like what?

3. Who decides to accompany Rose, Quick, and their son, on vacation in Chapter X?

4. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?

5. Who does Quick Lamb find in bed beside him when he awakens from his sickness in Chapter VII?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Quick dream of when he is knocked unconscious in Chapter VI?

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

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

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

6. What is indicated symbolically by the letter from Ted Pickles in Chapter VIII?

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

8. Who is the opening narrator in Chapter VI? What is described in this brief scene?

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

10. What is revealed in the conversation between Lester and Oriel Lamb after the return of Quick in Chapter VII?

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