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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Bed rest.
(c) Tonic and quinine.
(d) Hydration and exercise.

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

3. In Chapter 11, where did Lessing work?
(a) Lessing worked part-time at several lawyers' firms.
(b) Lessing transcribed notes for a local newspaper.
(c) Lessing worked at the Telephone Exchange.
(d) Lessing worked as an au pair for the Smith family.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Lessing reference as a common theme throughout her childhood?
(a) Adventures.
(b) Trees.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Fires.

5. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?
(a) Imperialism.
(b) The Counter Reformation.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?

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

3. How did Mrs. Mitchell and her son treat their Black servants?

4. During the 1930's what did Lessing and her brother hear all of the adults discussing?

5. Which of the following was NOT one of the things that Lessing and Frank had in common?

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