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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. In Chapter 10, how old was Ditlev?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what time of day would Mrs. Petersen and Miss Petersen take a nap?

4. In Chapter 3, what job did Ruth think she and Ditlevsen could get?

5. How old was Ditlev when he became a shepherd boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ditlevsen and Viggo married. Was Ditlevsen looking for a husband or unconsciously a writing mentor? How was the marriage different from what Ditlevsen expected? Why was their marriage a challenge?

Essay Topic 2

Ditlevsen became a drug addict. How did Ditlevsen become a drug addict? How did Carl contribute to her addiction? How did the addiction affect Ditlevsen’s life, writing, family, and friends?

Essay Topic 3

Victor was not enough to keep Ditlevsen from falling back into addiction. Why was Victor not enough to keep Ditlevsen from falling back into addiction? When he realized what was going on, how did he help her recover? Would she ever be completely free from addiction?

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