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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen, Sixteen and Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

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

3. Why did Lessing learn to drive?
(a) Lessing learned to drive to displease her mother.
(b) Lessing learned to drive because of her father's awkward leg.
(c) Lessing learned to drive because she wanted independence.
(d) Lessing learned to drive because she wanted to work in town.

4. Which of the following did Lessing delight in telling the other children at the school?
(a) That lying would make their face stick in a horrible position.
(b) That being naughty was more fun than behaving.
(c) That being naughty was much worse than lying.
(d) That a lie was worse than being naughty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?

2. According to Lessing, what happens to women as time passes?

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

4. What did the Portuguese woman give to Lessing?

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

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