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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. In Chapter 12, what did Ditlevsen have that required being in the hospital?

3. How many beers did Ditlevsen think that Rapunzel's father and mother drank a day each?

4. What time did Ditlevsen have to be at work in Chapter 6?

5. If Mr. Krogh did not have pastry when Ditlevsen visited, how much would he give Ditlevsen in Chapter 4 to buy some?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Ditlevsen describe childhood in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

8. What news did Ditlev share with Ditlevsen at the end of Chapter 10?

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

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

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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