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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?
(a) A visit to a swimming bath.
(b) A trip to the market.
(c) Her first day in the Persian house.
(d) A visit to her father's workplace.

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

3. What type of animals frequently made their way into the Tayler house?
(a) Cats.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Lizards.

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

5. Growing up, what was Lessing always told about the family's financial status?
(a) That the family would be fine when her father settled in his new job.
(b) That the family was middle-class.
(c) That the family was financially stable, but morally corrupt.
(d) That the family was poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event in Lessing's childhood does she describe as having left her inconsolable?

3. With whom did Lessing board as a child?

4. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?

5. Where did Lessing's father work after he was discharged from the Army?

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