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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the editor of The New Rhodesia?
(a) N.H. Wilson.
(b) Lessing.
(c) Gottfried Lessing.
(d) Frank Wisdom.

2. What skills did Lessing teach herself during that year?
(a) Cooking and cleaning.
(b) Sewing and darning.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Speed typing and shorthand.

3. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?
(a) The natives.
(b) The bush.
(c) The wildcats.
(d) The trees.

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

5. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?
(a) In African Laughter.
(b) In Time Bites.
(c) In Going Home.
(d) In Pursuit of the English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?

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

3. Who was the Minister of Finance?

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

5. What was the primary battle between Lessing and her mother centered upon?

(see the answer key)

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