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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
(a) Because the clothing that would arrive for her was always too small.
(b) Lessing's mother told her to try to lose weight.
(c) Lessing wanted to foil her mother's attempts to feed the family well.
(d) Lessing wanted to impress a farm assistant.

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

3. What had Lessing become after attending meetings with Dorothy?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A Democrat.
(c) A Fascist.
(d) A rebel.

4. How old was Jean in the scene that Lessing describes in this chapter?
(a) 15 weeks.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 5 days.

5. During the 1930's what did Lessing and her brother hear all of the adults discussing?
(a) The War.
(b) The Slump.
(c) The Native Problem.
(d) The Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?

2. To what activity does Lessing compare learning the skills of her new job?

3. To what does Lessing compare guilt?

4. What did all the women assume about Lessing's marriage to Frank?

5. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?

(see the answer key)

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