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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what activity does Lessing compare learning the skills of her new job?
(a) To learning to walk.
(b) To riding a bicycle.
(c) To learning to write the alphabet.
(d) To learning to speak.

2. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 103 years.
(b) 54 years.
(c) 34 years.
(d) 23 years.

3. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Their mother died.
(b) Their mother shaved her head.
(c) Their father died.
(d) Their servants were fired for stealing.

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

5. How does Lessing describe the letters that she received from her mother?
(a) Docile.
(b) Furious.
(c) Frantic.
(d) Refreshing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?

2. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?

3. Where was Doris Lessing born?

4. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?

5. In Chapter 10, which of the following countries was Lessing thinking about as she stood at the edge of the tobacco field?

(see the answer key)

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