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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six -Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stove brand did Lessing's family use?
(a) Liberty's.
(b) McVeagh's.
(c) Carron Dover.
(d) Smith & Son's.

2. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?
(a) Her father returning from war.
(b) Her father, towering above her on a horse.
(c) An image of the great house in Persia.
(d) An image of the farm in Southern Rhodesia.

3. Where was Doris Lessing born?
(a) Kermanshah, Persia.
(b) London, England.
(c) Southern Rhodesia.
(d) Glasgow, Scotland.

4. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?
(a) The Hostess.
(b) The Recluse.
(c) The Guide.
(d) The Cynic.

5. Who stated that children should play in mud?
(a) Mrs. Scott.
(b) Montessori.
(c) Lessing's mother.
(d) Lessing's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many family members went to visit Lessing's house in Persia?

2. To which of the following illnesses did Lessing's brother often succumb?

3. Which of the following did Lessing delight in telling the other children at the school?

4. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?

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

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