2. According to Lessing, what happens to women as time passes?
(a) Women fade into the domestic sphere.
(b) Women assert themselves as powerful people.
(c) Women become more significant to a culture's public culture.
(d) Women are dropped from memory, then history.

3. According to Lessing, above all, what does history tell us?
(a) That mankind is not peaceful by nature.
(b) That circumstances dictate the person.
(c) That nothing is permanent.
(d) That happiness is fleeting.

4. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Their mother shaved her head.
(b) Their mother died.
(c) Their father died.
(d) Their servants were fired for stealing.

5. In Chapter 4, what city did Lessing's mother insist on traveling through on the way back to England?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Paris.
(c) Brussels.
(d) London.

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

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

8. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?
(a) They drew up a legal will.
(b) They saved money scrupulously.
(c) They studied French.
(d) They had their teeth removed.

9. Which of the following areas was the homeland of Lessing's mother's doctor?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Sinoia.
(c) Persia.
(d) Johannesburg.

10. Which of the following song for children made Lessing's mother cry?
(a) "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
(b) "Ring Around the Rosie".
(c) "Humpty-Dumpty".
(d) "Baa Baa, Black Sheep".

11. What article of clothing caught young Lessing's attention on Bayswater Road?
(a) A pair of ladies' riding pants.
(b) A lavish rose gown.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) A grey silk shift dress.

12. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?
(a) Gout.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Small Pox.
(d) Influenza.

13. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?
(a) Tonic and quinine.
(b) Bed rest.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Hydration and exercise.

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

15. Growing up, what was Lessing always told about the family's financial status?
(a) That the family would be fine when her father settled in his new job.
(b) That the family was poor.
(c) That the family was middle-class.
(d) That the family was financially stable, but morally corrupt.