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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 character is the youngest child in the Lamb family?
(a) Hattie Lamb.
(b) Elaine Lamb.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Lon Lamb.

2. 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 library.
(b) At a French café.
(c) Outside the post office.
(d) Outside the soda shop.

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

4. Who does Quick Lamb find in bed beside him when he awakens from his sickness in Chapter VII?
(a) Rose Pickles.
(b) Sam Pickles.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Oriel Lamb.

5. Where did the Pickles family live before they inherited the house at Number One Cloud Street?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Geraldton.
(d) Margaret River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Quick and Rose see watching them from the wheat while they’re camping on vacation in Chapter X?

2. Who has sex on the kitchen table in Chapter VII?

3. 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?

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

5. What season is it when Rose stops typing for Toby Raven in Chapter VIII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is seen on the walls of the library at Cloudstreet in Chapter IX? What do these images represent?

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

3. What is foreshadowed by Rose’s realization about leadership in Chapter X?

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

5. What happens to the images on the walls of the library at Cloudstreet when Rose gives birth in Chapter IX? What does this symbolize?

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

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

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

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

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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