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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the boy at school that Quick Lamb gives his lunch to in Chapter IV?
2. What is the name of Sam Pickles’s father in the novel?
3. What did Oriel’s father kill in order to use its bladder to treat Oriel after she was burned in a bushfire, according to the narrative in Chapter III?
4. What half-brother of Oriel Lamb’s was killed in Palestine in World War I?
5. How does Joel die in Chapter I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the central event that dominates Chapter II? Why is this event important in the story?
2. How does Oriel Lamb respond to the departure of Quick from Cloudstreet in Chapter V?
3. How is the concept of “luck” perceived by the members of the Pickles family? Where did this perception of luck derive from?
4. How do Sam’s actions in Chapter III propel the plot of the narrative forward?
5. What is foreshadowed through the character of the black man that appears in Chapter III?
6. What is foreshadowed by the central event that occurs in Chapter II of the novel?
7. What are Rose Pickles’s perceptions of her parents, as seen in Chapter I of the novel?
8. How does Sam’s change of luck affect the outcome of events that take place in Chapter IV?
9. What is significant about the author’s depiction of the house on Cloud Street in Chapter III?
10. What is noteworthy about the narratives of Quick and Fish Lamb in Chapter IV?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the establishment of “Cloudstreet,” the small grocery store developed in the ground floor of the Pickles’ and Lambs’ home at One Cloud Street. How big is the store? What items are sold here? How successful is the business when it first opens?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of luck as perceived by the Lamb and Pickles families in the novel. How is this theme symbolized by the spinning of the butter knife by the Lamb family? What role does luck play in the establishment of the grocery store? How do the Pickles differ in their perceptions of luck?
Essay Topic 3
How would you describe the linear structure of Cloudstreet? Is the narrative of the story related from a present or past tense? Does the narrative have nonlinear elements? Are there flashbacks? What effect do these techniques have on the reader?
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