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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?
(a) The British National Bank.
(b) Land Bank.
(c) Southern Rhodesian Farming Association.
(d) The National Bank of Southern Rhodesia.

3. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?
(a) English huts were much larger.
(b) African huts were two-story.
(c) English huts had windows.
(d) African huts were made of straw.

5. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 54 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 103 years.
(d) 34 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food were the children fed at the convent that Lessing stayed in as a child?

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

3. How did Lessing's mother pack differently for her new life in Africa than she did for Persia?

4. What does Lessing say about memory?

5. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?

(see the answer key)

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