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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. How long do Rose and Quick date before they wed in Chapter VIII?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 year.
2. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?
(a) Fish Lamb.
(b) Lon Lamb.
(c) Oriel Lamb.
(d) Lester Lamb.
3. When Quick’s son is born in Chapter IX, Quick remarks that the baby is slippery like what?
(a) Silk.
(b) Water.
(c) Oil.
(d) Wax.
4. What does Oriel Lamb dream about in Chapter IX?
(a) Drowning in a river.
(b) Kangaroos.
(c) Floating in the ocean.
(d) Bushfires.
5. Kings Park in Perth has panoramic views of what river?
(a) The White River.
(b) The Sydney River.
(c) The Red River.
(d) The Swan River.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who threatens Oriel Lamb to a fistfight in Chapter X and loses?
2. When Sam comes home from voting in Chapter X, he encounters a black man who tells him what?
3. What Australian slang term from the novel is an affectionate insult referring to someone who is unfashionable?
4. To what southwestern town in Australia does Quick Lamb drive after dropping off the Aborigine hitchhiker in Chapter VI?
5. Who spends all day in Kings Park in Chapter VII?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the discussion about the black man voting in Chapter X?
2. What purpose does the appearance of the black man serve in Chapter IX?
3. Where does Quick Lamb work in the beginning if Chapter VI? How is he injured on the job in this chapter?
4. What is significant about the wedding of Rose and Quick in Chapter VIII? How does this event relate to the story’s plot?
5. What advice does the black man give to Sam in Chapter X? What does his advice symbolize?
6. What bad things begin happening after Sam Pickles has foreseen bad luck in Chapter IX?
7. How is the glow surrounding the character of Beryl Lee interpreted in Chapter VII?
8. What is represented symbolically by the black hitchhiker that Quick Lamb meets in Chapter VI?
9. What happens to the images on the walls of the library at Cloudstreet when Rose gives birth in Chapter IX? What does this symbolize?
10. What purpose does Rose’s relationship with Toby Raven serve in the narrative?
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