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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?
(a) They drew up a legal will.
(b) They studied French.
(c) They had their teeth removed.
(d) They saved money scrupulously.

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

3. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
(a) Lessing's mother told her to try to lose weight.
(b) Lessing wanted to foil her mother's attempts to feed the family well.
(c) Because the clothing that would arrive for her was always too small.
(d) Lessing wanted to impress a farm assistant.

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

5. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?
(a) Lessing did not want to accompany her parents.
(b) Lessing's brother, Harry needed to be watched.
(c) There was an incubator of eggs that were waiting to hatch.
(d) Lessing had fought with her mother earlier that day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?

2. Who was the editor of The New Rhodesia?

3. To which party did Ken Graham belong?

4. How does Lessing describe their sex life?

5. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?

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