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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 is Mr. Jensen's first name in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, how much did Ditlevsen pay her parents a month?

5. In Chapter 7, when did Erling and Ditlevsen go to the movies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 did Ditlevsen say about her grandmother in Chapter 9?

7. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

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

9. In Chapter 2, what was Ditlevsen's job?

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

The relationship Ditlevsen had with Carl failed. Why did the relationship fail? Was the relationship abusive?

Essay Topic 2

Ditlevsen did not want things to change and to have to move to a new apartment. Why did Ditlevsen not want things to change? How did Ditlevsen feel about change? Why did she detest it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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