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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 was the name of Edvin's girlfriend in Chapter 15?

2. What was the only book that Alfrida owned?

3. What was Ruth's boyfriend's apprenticeship in Chapter 3?

4. How many of the girls in Ditlevsen's class were allowed to go to high school?

5. How much was Gerda earning weekly at the factory where she worked?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What obituary did Ditlevsen see in Chapter 2, and why did it bother her?

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

4. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

5. What part did Gammeltorv want Ditlevsen to have for his next play, and why did she refuse?

6. What did Toni want to eat in Chapter 1, and what did he explain to Ditlevsen?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ditlevsen started The Young Artists Club and met Piet Hein. How did the relationship between Piet and Ditlevsen progress? Why did he break up with her? How did she deal with her disappointment?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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