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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 month was it in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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 20, what color was most everything in Viggo's home?

5. What flower did Piet send Ditlevsen at the end of Part 1, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What relationship did Ditlevsen have with Piet Hein?

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 15, what was the apartment like that Ditlevsen rented?

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

9. In Part 1, Chapter 7, where did Ebbe spend the night when he did not come home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Ditlevsen had a series of jobs after she left school. What jobs did she hold? How did these jobs affect her identity?

Essay Topic 3

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

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