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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. How many lodgers' rooms did Ditlevsen have to clean in Chapter 2?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. How many hours a day did Ditlev work when Tove was born?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.

3. In Chapter 3, where did Jytte work?
(a) Chocolate factory.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Cigarette factory.
(d) Cannery.

4. What was Ditlevsen eating for breakfast in Childhood, Chapter 1?
(a) Eggs and cheese.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Toast and jam.

5. What was the only book that Alfrida owned?
(a) Romantic songs.
(b) Hymnal.
(c) Children's songs.
(d) War songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were Ditlev's eyes?

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

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

4. How much money did Ditlevsen's granny lose when the Landmands Bank went under?

5. In Chapter 2, how much did Ditlevsen earn working at the boarding house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Ditlevsen working in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

5. How did Ditlevsen meet Mr. Krogh, and why did she start visiting him?

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

7. What did Mr. Krogh say about Ditlevsen's poetry?

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

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

10. What news did Ditlev share with Ditlevsen at the end of Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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