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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

3. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?
(a) The bush.
(b) The trees.
(c) The natives.
(d) The wildcats.

4. Where did Lessing's father work after he was discharged from the Army?
(a) A small farm in Rhodesia.
(b) Imperial Bank of Persia.
(c) The Scotland Yard.
(d) National Hospital of England.

5. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1960's.
(c) 1940's.
(d) 1950's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author feel about her childhood?

3. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?

4. Why did Lessing's father miss the Battle of the Somme?

5. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?

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