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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lessing's parents think of the Whiteheads when they first met them?
(a) That they should return to England.
(b) That they could betray them at any time.
(c) That they were shifty and unsatisfactory.
(d) That they would be useful in developing relationships.

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

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

4. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Betty.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Beth.

5. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what city did Lessing's mother insist on traveling through on the way back to England?

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

3. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?

4. In Chapter 10, which of the following countries was Lessing thinking about as she stood at the edge of the tobacco field?

5. To which party did Ken Graham belong?

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