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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. Mitchell and her son treat their Black servants?
(a) Mrs. Mitchell and her son treated their Black servants just like family.
(b) Mrs. Mitchell and her son completely ignored their Black servants.
(c) Mrs. Mitchell and her son treated their black servants like slaves.
(d) Mrs. Mitchell and her son screamed at and berated their Black servants.

2. What does Lessing say about memory?
(a) Memory cannot be trusted.
(b) Memory must be recorded in books.
(c) Memory is a careless and lazy organ.
(d) Memory is an astonishing record.

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

4. How did the author feel about her childhood?
(a) Lessing felt as though the entire world was changing while she was a child.
(b) Lessing felt as though her childhood had been very sheltered.
(c) Lessing felt as though there had been a grey cloud over her childhood.
(d) Lessing felt as though her parents had neglected her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following areas was the homeland of Lessing's mother's doctor?

2. How many adults lived in the Persian house while Lessing was growing up?

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

4. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?

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

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