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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. Which of the following conditions ailed the author's father?
(a) Shell Shock.
(b) Bulimia.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Insomnia.

2. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?
(a) The Dutch cap.
(b) Birth control pills.
(c) None.
(d) Condoms.

3. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?
(a) Quartz.
(b) Pyrite.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Gold.

4. Why did the Lessings have to keep certain guests from being seen by their servant, Book?
(a) Because Book would want to participate in the meeting.
(b) Because Book would inform the neighborhood that the Lessings were entertaining Blacks.
(c) Because Book would be offended by the moral character of their guests.
(d) Because Book would inform the officials that they were holding seditious meetings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?

2. In Chapter 4, what city did Lessing's mother insist on traveling through on the way back to England?

3. In Chapter 21, which of the following years was noted as the one in which Gottfried Lessing became a British citizen?

4. How many jobs was Gottfried working?

5. What affliction struck all members of Lessing's family except her?

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