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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty and Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, what year did Lessing marry Gottfried Lessing?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1946.

3. What did Lessing notice about the workers at the Guardian?
(a) Lessing noticed that whites worked alongside "Indians and Coloured people".
(b) Lessing noticed that there were many women working in important positions.
(c) Lessing noticed that very few people ran the operation.
(d) Lessing noticed that all classes of people were employed there.

4. How did the author feel about her childhood?
(a) Lessing felt as though there had been a grey cloud over her childhood.
(b) Lessing felt as though her parents had neglected her.
(c) Lessing felt as though her childhood had been very sheltered.
(d) Lessing felt as though the entire world was changing while she was a child.

5. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?
(a) Armistice.
(b) Military defeat.
(c) Total victory.
(d) Negotiations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?

3. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?

4. Where did Lessing's family live before they found property?

5. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?

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