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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 type of surgery did Dinesen have in 1955?
(a) Foot.
(b) Hip.
(c) Heart.
(d) Spine.

2. In what year did the Dinesen house burn down?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1904.

3. What were some of the first things that Dinesen wrote?
(a) Essays.
(b) Nursery rhymes.
(c) Little plays.
(d) Poems.

4. What did Dinesen and Bror raise on their farm?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

5. What split Dinesen and Denys apart for a while?
(a) Bror.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her illness.
(d) His travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of Dinesen's stories during this period address ______________________.

2. Dinesen was adamant about not living her life _____________________.

3. Which friend injected some liveliness into Dinesen's life during this time?

4. Dinesen's mother came from a family of ___________________.

5. Why did Wilhelm Dinesen kill himself?

(see the answer key)

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