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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 department store where Rose Pickles begins working at as a switchboard operator in Chapter V?

2. Rose and her brothers discover the severed foot of whom washed up on the beach in Chapter I?

3. What nation has surrendered, leading to the end of the war in Chapter IV?

4. What does Sam collect in his job in Chapter I?

5. Who is the lonely widow that Oriel Lamb meets at the Anzac Club in Chapter V?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed through the character of the black man that appears in Chapter III?

2. What scene is depicted in the brief section prior to the opening of Chapter I?

3. What is author Tim Winton’s focus in Chapter V? How does this chapter serve the novel?

4. What is revealed about the character of Oriel Lamb in the second half of Chapter III?

5. How do the Pickles family members differ from the Lambs in their perception of luck, as noted in Chapter III?

6. What is symbolized by Fish’s fit during the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day in Chapter IV?

7. What is significant about the author’s depiction of the house on Cloud Street in Chapter III?

8. What question is raised by Sam’s intuition about his luck changing in the beginning of Chapter IV?

9. What events occur in January of 1951, according to the narrator in Chapter V?

10. How does the luck of the Pickles family change at the end of Chapter IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author’s depiction of the house at Number One Cloud Street in the novel. How large is the house? What history of the home is detailed in Chapter III? In what ways is the author’s depiction of the house similar to his depiction of the novel’s characters? What does this foreshadow?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Wogga McBride and his role in the narrative of Cloudstreet. How does Quick Lamb first encounter Wogga McBride and his brother? How does Wogga die? How does his death affect Quick? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the traditions, history, origins, and cultural relevance of Guy Fawkes Day and its celebration by the Lambs and Pickles in Chapter IV. Why does Fish Lamb become upset when the Guy Fawkes effigy is burned? What does his behavior symbolize?

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