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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?
(a) By staying up late.
(b) By sneaking out of the cabin.
(c) By stealing things and lying about them.
(d) By speaking disrespectfully to the nanny.

2. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?
(a) African huts were two-story.
(b) English huts were much larger.
(c) English huts had windows.
(d) African huts were made of straw.

3. In Chapter 9, which year does Lessing describe as a "make or break" year in her life?
(a) Her 14th year.
(b) Her 12th year.
(c) Her 16th year.
(d) Her 17th year.

4. According to Lessing, above all, what does history tell us?
(a) That mankind is not peaceful by nature.
(b) That happiness is fleeting.
(c) That nothing is permanent.
(d) That circumstances dictate the person.

5. In Chapter 4, what city did Lessing's mother insist on traveling through on the way back to England?
(a) London.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following phenomenons did Frank and Lessing consistently criticize?

2. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?

3. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?

4. What historical event happened just before the birth of Lessing's daughter?

5. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?

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