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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. How long do Rose and Quick date before they wed in Chapter VIII?

2. In what year is the Perth serial killer hung in Chapter X?

3. What is the name of the young woman that Quick Lamb begins dating in Chapter VI?

4. Sam realizes in Chapter X that he will soon have had Cloudstreet for how many years?

5. When Sam comes home from voting in Chapter X, he encounters a black man who tells him what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Dolly Pickles and her relationship with her husband Sam. How is Dolly’s appearance described in Chapter I? What clues in the text indicate dissatisfaction within Dolly regarding her marriage to Sam Pickles? How is Dolly’s relationship with her children characterized?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the narrative style of the novel. From whose perspective is the first section of the story related from? Is the narrative told from a past or present tense? What are the notable elements of the author’s narrative style? How does the narrative change throughout the novel?

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