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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chaper 17, how old was Nina's half brother?

2. What did Nina's mother do?

3. In Chapter 18, what color tie did Viggo wear when he met Ditlevsen?

4. In Chapter 15, how much did it cost Ditlevsen for her room?

5. Where did Ebbe and Ditlevsen move when she got pregnant in Part 1, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ditlevsen had her first abortion, how did she feel?

2. What did Viggo tell Ditlevsen about himself in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 12, what was Ditlevsen doing at the lithographer's shop?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 11, why was Tutti upset when she came to see Ditlevsen?

5. What was it like for Ditlevsen being married to Viggo?

6. How did Ditlevsen get someone to publish her poems?

7. What did Ditlevsen learn when she called the editor of Wild Wheat, Viggo F. Moller?

8. How did the master of the lithographer shop die?

9. Why was Lise not doing well in Part 1, Chapter 12?

10. What relationship did Ditlevsen have with Piet Hein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ditlevsen and Aksel met at a dance. What friends were Ditlevsen and Aksel with when they met? How did peer pressure influence their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

The relationship Ditlevsen had with Carl failed. Why did the relationship fail? Was the relationship abusive?

Essay Topic 3

The last section of the book is titled “Dependency.” What does that section of the book reveal about the way that Ditlevsen was a dependent person? What did she use to help her cope in the first section of “Dependency”? What did she turn to in the second section? Why did being dependent upon someone or something help Ditlevsen cope with life?

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