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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four Pellegrina, Chapters 47-52: Baksheesh; Echoes;.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Dinesen when she returned to Denmark from her vacation in the city in #169?
(a) She got pneumonia.
(b) She broke a hip.
(c) She had a nervous breakdown.
(d) She got all her old worries back.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Bror?
(a) Amiable.
(b) Boorish.
(c) Loud.
(d) Racist.

3. What was one thing Dinesen had trouble adjusting to upon her return to Denmark?
(a) The cold winter.
(b) The language.
(c) The social customs.
(d) The hunting.

4. What was the result of the disease's impact on Dinesen?
(a) She had to have oxygen.
(b) She was crippled.
(c) She went insane.
(d) She became very thin.

5. Dinesen specified that after her death, her family home would become _____________________.
(a) a museum.
(b) a bed and breakfast.
(c) a school.
(d) a public bird sanctuary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Dinesen go on a shopping spree after a good harvest in 1918?

2. When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys?

3. Who proposed marriage to Dinesen?

4. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror be described?

5. What format did Dinesen gravitate toward in the 1950s?

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