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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. Quick and Oriel Lamb haul in a huge catch of what in Chapter VII?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Prawns.
(d) Lobsters.

2. Who owns the cabin in the woods that Lester takes Sam to in Chapter VII?
(a) Beryl Lee.
(b) Lucy Wentworth.
(c) Geoffrey Birch.
(d) Chub Pickles.

3. Quick and Rose find a flat and move to what suburb in Chapter IX?
(a) Geraldton.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Subiaco.
(d) Mosman Park.

4. What has Dolly Pickles broken in her accident in Chapter IX?
(a) Her collarbone.
(b) He leg.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her ribs.

5. What occupation does Quick Lamb decide to enter into in Chapter IX?
(a) He becomes a baker.
(b) He becomes a policeman.
(c) He becomes a kangaroo shooter.
(d) He becomes a butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. The serial killer that terrorizes Perth in Chapter IX is based on what real-life figure?

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

3. Where do the Lamb and Pickles families arrange a picnic in Chapter X?

4. What job has Quick Lamb taken in the beginning of Chapter VI?

5. What does Rose Pickles begin typing for Toby Raven in Chapter VIII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the shadow girl that Fish speaks with represent symbolically in Chapter VII?

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

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

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

5. What is the central focus of Chapter X? How does this chapter introduce hope?

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

7. What purpose does the appearance of the black man serve in Chapter IX?

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

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

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

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