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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. Who did Lessing work for at this point in her life?
(a) Mr. Lamb.
(b) Mr. Danziger.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Wisdom.

2. In Chapter 21, which of the following years was noted as the one in which Gottfried Lessing became a British citizen?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1948.

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

4. How did Mrs. Mitchell and her son treat their Black servants?
(a) Mrs. Mitchell and her son completely ignored their Black servants.
(b) Mrs. Mitchell and her son treated their Black servants just like family.
(c) Mrs. Mitchell and her son treated their black servants like slaves.
(d) Mrs. Mitchell and her son screamed at and berated their Black servants.

5. Where did Kurt claim his real education occurred?
(a) Cafes in Vienna.
(b) World War II.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, which of the following countries was Lessing thinking about as she stood at the edge of the tobacco field?

2. What development in young John's life took very little effort from Lessing?

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

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

5. How did the author feel about her childhood?

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