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

2. Whom does Quick Lamb dream of rowing a wooden box when he is injured in Chapter VI?

3. Who dismantles the tent in the backyard in the end of Chapter X?

4. Where did the Lamb family live before they moved into the house at Number One Cloud Street?

5. The character of Toby Raven appears to Rose like what, in Chapter VIII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is indicated symbolically by the letter from Ted Pickles in Chapter VIII?

2. How does the author address the concept of faith through Oriel and Lester in Chapter X?

3. What purpose does Rose’s relationship with Toby Raven serve in the narrative?

4. What happens to the images on the walls of the library at Cloudstreet when Rose gives birth in Chapter IX? What does this symbolize?

5. How does the author’s structural development reflect his themes in Chapter IX?

6. What is represented symbolically by the naked children in the wheat in Chapter X?

7. How is Rose’s position in work and society described in the beginning of Chapter VIII?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the significance of the names in the novel? Why are “Quick” and “Fish” Lamb given these nicknames? What do you think the family name “Pickles” signifies? How are the characteristics of the Lamb and Pickles families represented by their names?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Oriel’s family history as revealed in Chapter III. What did Oriel do during World War I? Who died in that war that Oriel loved? How has Oriel’s past influenced her actions in the novel?

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