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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 103 years.
(d) 54 years.

2. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?
(a) Lessing's father assumed that Frank was interested in the family's money.
(b) Lessing's father assumed that she was pregnant.
(c) Lessing's father assumed that she was in love.
(d) Lessing's father assumed that Lessing had finally settled down.

3. How much capital did Lessing's father take to Southern Rhodesia?
(a) £ 100.
(b) £ 2,500.
(c) £ 1,000.
(d) £ 10,000.

4. Where did the young people in Lessing's circles get their beer?
(a) Castle Brewery.
(b) Capetown Brewery.
(c) Salisbury Brewery.
(d) Brewer's Pub.

5. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?
(a) The natives.
(b) The bush.
(c) The trees.
(d) The wildcats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Portuguese woman give to Lessing?

2. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?

3. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?

4. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?

5. How did Lessing's friend make a living in New York to support herself and her daughter?

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