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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Lessing refuse to have on her bed at night?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A kaross.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A mosquito net.

3. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Small Pox.
(c) Gout.
(d) Influenza.

4. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?
(a) United States of America.
(b) Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To which of the following religions did Lessing suddenly convert?

4. Which of the following killed one of the chickens and took off with a couple of eggs?

5. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?

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