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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 Chapter 11, what was the name of the young man who danced with Ditlevsen and was leaving in the morning for Spain?

2. How much more did Ditlevsen have to pay for her new room in Chapter 19?

3. What did Aksel do for a living in Chapter 12?

4. When did Helle learn to stand up in her playpen?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 6, what journalist wrote an unflattering piece about Ditlevsen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ditlevsen have to do when she realized she was pregnant in Part 1, Chapter 5?

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

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

4. Who was Aksel, and why did he and Ditlevsen become engaged and then break up?

5. Who was Nadja, and what did she say about Piet?

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

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

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

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

10. What reviews did Ditlevsen receive when her new book came out in Part 1, Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ditlevsen and her mother were with her aunt Rosalia when her aunt died. What did Ditlevsen observe when she saw her aunt die? How did Aunt Rosalia’s death change Ditlevsen’s view of death?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

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

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