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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1919.

2. With whom did Lessing board as a child?
(a) Mrs. Mitchell.
(b) Mary Peach.
(c) Mrs. Scott.
(d) Mrs. James.

3. How many adults lived in the Persian house while Lessing was growing up?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?
(a) 90.
(b) 30.
(c) 300.
(d) 130.

5. Why did Lessing learn to drive?
(a) Lessing learned to drive because she wanted independence.
(b) Lessing learned to drive because she wanted to work in town.
(c) Lessing learned to drive to displease her mother.
(d) Lessing learned to drive because of her father's awkward leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?

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

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

4. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?

5. How did Lessing's mother pack differently for her new life in Africa than she did for Persia?

(see the answer key)

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