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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. What did Erling want to do for a career?
(a) Writer.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Artist.
(d) Architect.

2. What was Ruth's boyfriend's apprenticeship in Chapter 3?
(a) Clerk.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Plumbing.
(d) Mechanic.

3. In Childhood, Chapter 3, where did Ditlevsen and her brother go when their mother went to the hospital?
(a) Aunt Agnete and Uncle Peter's.
(b) Their grandparents.
(c) A neighbor's.
(d) Aunt Martha and Uncle William's.

4. In Chapter 17, which of Edvin's friends wanted to meet Ditlevsen?
(a) Maciej.
(b) Bjarke.
(c) Thorvald.
(d) Padraig.

5. What type of cross did Aunt Agnete always wear?
(a) Russian.
(b) Dagmar.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lodgers' rooms did Ditlevsen have to clean in Chapter 2?

2. How many hours did Ditlevsen work daily in a boarding house in Chapter 2?

3. How old was Alfrida when her father died?

4. If Mr. Krogh did not have pastry when Ditlevsen visited, how much would he give Ditlevsen in Chapter 4 to buy some?

5. How long was Ditlevsen to work in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Ditlevsen got sick in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 11, what did Ditlevsen say about her mother?

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

4. Who was Ruth, and what did she try to get Ditlevsen to do?

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

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

7. How did Ditlevsen get an appointment with an editor at Social-Demokraten?

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

9. Why did Ditlevsen go home to her mother with Toni in Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 5, what happened when Ditlevsen went to visit Mr. Krogh?

(see the answer keys)

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