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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. How did the master lithographer die?

2. How much younger was Alfrida than Viggo?

3. How much did Ditlevsen borrow from Edvin to make a call in Chapter 17?

4. What bird awakened Ditlevsen in Part 1, Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 19, how many copies of Wild Wheat did Viggo send Ditlevsen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Edvin move back home in Chapter 22?

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

10. What relationship did Ditlevsen have with Piet Hein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ebbe joined Civil og Beskyttelse. What was Civil og Beskyttelse? What was happening in Denmark at that time? Why was it dangerous for Ebbe to join the organization?

Essay Topic 3

Ditlevsen did not want things to change and to have to move to a new apartment. Why did Ditlevsen not want things to change? How did Ditlevsen feel about change? Why did she detest it?

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