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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it especially dangerous for Gottfried to carry on an affair?
(a) Because he was a married man.
(b) Because he was a career criminal.
(c) Because he was a high-ranking official.
(d) Because he was an enemy alien.

2. Who was the Minister of Finance?
(a) Arthur Koestler.
(b) Gunther Maynard.
(c) Max Danziger.
(d) Frank Wisdom.

3. Where did Lessing first experience a social event in which she and black people were treated equally?
(a) Old Umtali.
(b) London.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Johannesburg.

4. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1917.

5. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?
(a) 72.
(b) 88.
(c) 64.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?

2. What skills did Lessing teach herself during that year?

3. To which of the following areas did Lessing travel?

4. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?

5. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?

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