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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 color were Ditlev's eyes?

2. In Chapter 17, which of Edvin's friends wanted to meet Ditlevsen?

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

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

5. In Chapter 6, what movie did Ditlevsen go to see with Mr. Jensen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where was Ditlevsen working in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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