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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. Where was Ditlevsen moved at work in Chapter 19?

2. What time was curfew in Part 1, Chapter 7?

3. Where did Viggo work beside editing Wild Wheat?

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

5. How many children did Lise's mother have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 18, where did Ditlevsen meet Viggo F. Moeller, and what did she think of him?

5. What relationship did Ditlevsen have with Piet Hein?

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

7. What did Viggo tell Ditlevsen about himself in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Krogh told Ditlevsen that “People always want something from each other” (121). What did Ditlevsen want from Mr. Krogh? What did he want from her? How did they use one another? Did Ditlevsen tend to use people with whom she had relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Ditlevsen decided to leave Ebbe and stay with Carl. Why did Ditlevsen decide to leave Ebbe and stay with Carl? How did she make her decision? Was her decision rational or irrational?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not a biography?

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