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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lessing when she wrote "The Treasure Trunk"?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

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

3. Where was John McVeagh born?
(a) England.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Persia.
(d) Rhodesia.

4. What was Lessing's wage when she worked as a junior typist?
(a) £12 a year.
(b) £12 a month.
(c) £12 a week.
(d) £12 a day.

5. Who is the central character of Lessing's "The Good Terrorist"- a book that Lessing references in this chapter?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Lessing's books began at that time in her life?

2. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?

3. What did the Portuguese woman give to Lessing?

4. What did Doris insist on having with her in the photograph for which she posed?

5. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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