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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. Where did the Lamb family live before they moved into the house at Number One Cloud Street?
(a) Southern Cross.
(b) Pemberton.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Margaret River.

2. The trial of the serial killer in Perth is driven from the front pages of the paper by what news in Chapter X?
(a) The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
(b) The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
(c) The outbreak of WWII.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

3. In what year is the Perth serial killer hung in Chapter X?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1964.

4. How is Quick Lamb injured in Chapter VI?
(a) His hand becomes entangled in a winch.
(b) He is kicked in the chest by a kangaroo.
(c) He is shot by a poacher.
(d) He is hit by a bus while walking across the street.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Quick and Oriel Lamb haul in a huge catch of what in Chapter VII?

2. Where does the Aborigine ask to be dropped off in Chapter VI?

3. Lester Lamb confesses his sorrow of having given what up in Chapter VIII?

4. Who bangs on the piano and yells at two shadows to go away at Cloudstreet in Chapter IX?

5. Who discovers Quick Lamb after his injury in Chapter VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the character of Lucy Wentworth represent symbolically in the story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is foreshadowed by the odd glow that surrounds Quick Lamb in Chapter VII?

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

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