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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. What did Nina's mother do?

2. What color was everything in Viggo's living room?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 9, when did Ditlevsen's new book come out?

4. In Chapter 19, how many other women were in the office where Ditlevsen moved?

5. On what street did Ebbe and Ditlevsen get an apartment when her divorce went through in Part 1, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the new apartment like in Chapter 11?

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

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

4. Where did Ester and Ditlevsen go for a vacation together?

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

6. Why was Ditlevsen fired from the State Grain Office?

7. in Part 1, Chapter 4, what happened after Ditlevsen had lived in the boarding house for a month?

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

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

10. How did Ditlevsen get information on a place where to send her poetry for possible publication?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ditlevsen started writing when she was a child. Why did Ditlevsen start writing? How did writing help her cope with life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Ditlevsen and Viggo married. Was Ditlevsen looking for a husband or unconsciously a writing mentor? How was the marriage different from what Ditlevsen expected? Why was their marriage a challenge?

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