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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ditlevsen born?
(a) November 11, 1918.
(b) December 14, 1918.
(c) October 24, 1918.
(d) September 16, 1918.

2. How much did a beer cost in Childhood, Chapter 2?
(a) 31 ore.
(b) 26 ore.
(c) 8 ore.
(d) 14 ore.

3. In Chapter 2, how many kroner did margarine go up in Irma?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. In Chapter 3, what job did Ruth think she and Ditlevsen could get?
(a) Typists.
(b) Chorus girls.
(c) Librarians.
(d) Waitresses.

5. In Chapter 12, what did Ditlevsen have that required being in the hospital?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older was Aunt Agnete than Ditlevsen's mother?

2. How old was Gammeltorv the leader of the theater company in Chapter 8?

3. Where did Ditlevsen get a job in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 1, what did Toni ask to have to eat?

5. How many beers did Ditlevsen think that Rapunzel's father and mother drank a day each?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Ditlevsen fired from the nursing supply company?

2. Why was it said that Uncle Peter killed Granny?

3. What was Ditlevsen's job like in Chapter 6?

4. How did Ditlevsen describe the end of her childhood in Chapter 18?

5. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

6. What did Ditlevsen say about herself and her family and where they lived in Chapter 4?

7. Where was Ditlevsen working in Chapter 8?

8. Why was Ditlevsen allowed to go to middle school?

9. In Chapter 3, why did Alfrida go to the hospital, and what did Edvin and Ditlevsen do while she was gone?

10. In Chapter 1, who were Scabie Hans and Pretty Lili?

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