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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. In Chapter 19, where did Ditlevsen move after Mrs. Suhr evicted her?

3. What did Lise want to do when Ole graduated?

4. In Chapter 15, when was Ditlevsen laid off from the lithographer's office?

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

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

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

4. Why was Ditlevsen surprised at her daughter's appearance, and what did the doctor say about the little girl's looks?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What relationship did Ditlevsen have with Piet Hein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Ditlevsen saw that Editor Brochmann had died, it was "the hardest day of her life" (111). Why was it the hardest day of her life? Why did the information cause depression?

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

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