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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the quote at the opening of Chapter 1, the girl in Lessing's mother's favorite saying only cared about which of the following?
(a) Horses and dancing.
(b) Books and studying.
(c) Cats and flowers.
(d) Singing and prancing.

3. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?
(a) Biographies are based on fact.
(b) Biographies are simpler to write than fiction.
(c) Novels require more of the author's soul.
(d) Biographies sell well.

4. Which of the following killed one of the chickens and took off with a couple of eggs?
(a) A cat.
(b) A mischievous child.
(c) A snake.
(d) A mongoose.

5. What event in Lessing's childhood does she describe as having left her inconsolable?
(a) The move to Africa.
(b) The first day of school.
(c) The beginning of war.
(d) The death of her cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?

2. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?

3. During the 1930's what did Lessing and her brother hear all of the adults discussing?

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

5. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?

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