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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. When was Ditlevsen born?

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

3. What color was Alfrida's hair?

4. What time did Ditlevsen leave for work in "Youth," Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 17, when did Ditlevsen get an appointment to meet with an editor at Social-Demokraten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Ditlevsen working in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

The last section of the book is titled “Dependency.” What does that section of the book reveal about the way that Ditlevsen was a dependent person? What did she use to help her cope in the first section of “Dependency”? What did she turn to in the second section? Why did being dependent upon someone or something help Ditlevsen cope with life?

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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