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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, which of the following countries was Lessing thinking about as she stood at the edge of the tobacco field?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. What skills did Lessing teach herself during that year?
(a) Speed typing and shorthand.
(b) Cooking and cleaning.
(c) Sewing and darning.
(d) Reading and writing.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lessing's family live before they found property?

2. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?

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

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

5. How does Lessing describe their sex life?

(see the answer key)

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