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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animals frequently made their way into the Tayler house?
(a) Cats.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Snakes.

2. Which group was beginning to infiltrate Salisbury?
(a) The U.S. Army.
(b) The RAF.
(c) The British Navy.
(d) The Nazis.

3. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?
(a) 7.
(b) 72.
(c) 88.
(d) 64.

4. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?
(a) That they were incompetent.
(b) That they were members of a different culture.
(c) That they were corrupt.
(d) That they were lazy.

5. Which of the following phenomenons did Frank and Lessing consistently criticize?
(a) White superiority.
(b) Classism.
(c) English customs celebrated in Rhodesia.
(d) Pretensions about education.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the central character of Lessing's "The Good Terrorist"- a book that Lessing references in this chapter?

3. Which of the following was NOT a language commonly spoken in the Lessing home?

4. Where was John McVeagh born?

5. After returning to England, where did Lessing's family settle?

(see the answer key)

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