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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 did Ditlevsen always get for a Christmas present in Childhood, Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 4, what color slippers did Mr. Krogh always wear when Ditlevsen visited?

3. How old was Ruth when she and Ditlevsen met?

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

5. Where was Nina Karstensen's fiance from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it said that Uncle Peter killed Granny?

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

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

4. Where was Ditlevsen working in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

8. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

9. In Chapter 3, why did Alfrida go to the hospital, and what did Edvin and Ditlevsen do while she was gone?

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

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

As Ditlevsen went to the taverns with Nina, she longed for an intimate closeness with another person. How did Ditlevsen long for love without knowing what it was? In what way was her ideal of love immature?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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