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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. To what department is Quick Lamb transferred in the opening of Chapter X?
(a) Stocks and bonds.
(b) Homicides.
(c) Traffic detail.
(d) Internal banking.

2. Who mentions that Lester Lamb didn’t sleep in his bed the night before in Chapter VII?
(a) Oriel Lamb.
(b) Dolly Pickles.
(c) Fish Lamb.
(d) Beryl Lee.

3. What job has Quick Lamb taken in the beginning of Chapter VI?
(a) Undertaker.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Kangaroo shooter.

4. Who gets married in the beginning of Chapter VII?
(a) Merv Pickles and Beryl Lee.
(b) Rose Pickles and Fish Lamb.
(c) Hattie Lamb and Geoffrey Birch.
(d) Elaine Lamb and Geoffrey Birch.

5. Where do the Lamb and Pickles families arrange a picnic in Chapter X?
(a) At Kings Park.
(b) On the mountain.
(c) By the river.
(d) In Subiaco.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name is the serial killer in Perth called in Chapter IX?

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

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

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

5. How has Ted Pickles died in Chapter IX?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What themes and/or motifs are the central focus in Chapter VI?

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

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

7. What advice does the black man give to Sam in Chapter X? What does his advice symbolize?

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

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

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

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