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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?
(a) 1940's.
(b) 1960's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1950's.

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

3. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1912.

4. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?
(a) Lessing's father assumed that she was pregnant.
(b) Lessing's father assumed that Frank was interested in the family's money.
(c) Lessing's father assumed that she was in love.
(d) Lessing's father assumed that Lessing had finally settled down.

5. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?
(a) Lessing's brother, Harry needed to be watched.
(b) Lessing had fought with her mother earlier that day.
(c) There was an incubator of eggs that were waiting to hatch.
(d) Lessing did not want to accompany her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dress was Lessing wearing in the scene that she describes?

2. How did the author feel about her childhood?

3. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Lessing reference as a common theme throughout her childhood?

5. In Chapter 9, which year does Lessing describe as a "make or break" year in her life?

(see the answer key)

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