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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 much money did Ditlevsen's granny lose when the Landmands Bank went under?
2. How old was Ditlevsen when she met Ruth?
3. The year that Ditlevsen's parents were married, what month were they married and what month was Edvin born?
4. Where did Ditlevsen get a job in Chapter 5?
5. In Chapter 7, when did Erling and Ditlevsen go to the movies?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Ditlevsen go home to her mother with Toni in Chapter 1?
2. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?
3. In Chapter 11, what did Ditlevsen say about her mother?
4. What did Toni want to eat in Chapter 1, and what did he explain to Ditlevsen?
5. What news did Ditlev share with Ditlevsen at the end of Chapter 10?
6. Who was Ruth, and what did she try to get Ditlevsen to do?
7. What did Ditlevsen say about her grandmother in Chapter 9?
8. Why was it said that Uncle Peter killed Granny?
9. Why was Ditlevsen allowed to go to middle school?
10. What was Ditlevsen's job like in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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