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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. How old was Ditlevsen when she met Ruth?

2. Where did Ditlevsen get a job in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 17, what did the young man do who asked Ditlevsen to dance?

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

5. What department store did Aunt Rosalia sew for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Ditlevsen say about her grandmother in Chapter 9?

3. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ditlevsen compared childhood to a coffin. Why did Ditlevsen compare childhood to a coffin? Why did she want to leave her childhood behind? Why was she also afraid to leave her childhood behind?

Essay Topic 3

Ditlevsen and Aksel met at a dance. What friends were Ditlevsen and Aksel with when they met? How did peer pressure influence their relationship?

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