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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. Where do Rose and Quick have their wedding reception in Chapter VIII?

2. How does Dolly Pickles become injured in Chapter IX?

3. What is Ted Pickles working as in South Australia in Chapter VIII?

4. What is the name of the young woman that Lon Lamb marries in Chapter IX?

5. To what remote town do Rose and Quick drive to for their vacation in Chapter X?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad things begin happening after Sam Pickles has foreseen bad luck in Chapter IX?

2. How does the relationship between Dolly and Rose Pickles evolve in Chapter IX?

3. What is revealed in the conversation between Lester and Oriel Lamb after the return of Quick in Chapter VII?

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

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

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

8. What does Rose Pickles initially find attractive about Toby Raven in Chapter VIII? How do her feelings change?

9. What does Quick dream of when he is knocked unconscious in Chapter VI?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the accident that injures Fish Lamb in Chapter II and the repercussions of this accident. How has Fish’s mental status changed from the accident? Why? Who feels to blame for the incident?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Beryl Lee in the novel. Where does Oriel meet Beryl? Why does she invite Beryl to live at Cloudstreet? How does she fit in with the two families there? Why does Beryl leave Cloudstreet? Where does she go after leaving?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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