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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. Where does Sarah Kaufman find a job after Ken Kaufman dies?

2. Who does Bethie meet who gives her her first drugs in Part II?

3. Where does Jo go to college?

4. Which of the following sports does Jo play in high school?

5. What kinds of protests does Jo attend during high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What starts happening to Bethie when she goes to her Uncle Mel's house every week?

2. How does Bethie control her weight in Part II, once she gets to college?

3. What role does Jo's high school friend Lynnette play in her life?

4. What does Bethie try for the first time when she visits Jo at college in Part II?

5. What happens between Jo and Sarah at Thanksgiving dinner in Part II?

6. What does Bethie remember about being Esther in the Hebrew School play when she was 11?

7. Why is Jo so upset when she returns from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day in Part II?

8. What does Jo's father do when she decides to run away from home in Part I?

9. Why does Sarah tell Jo and Bethie that Mel refused to give their father a loan some years before their father died?

10. What does Bethie think about what has become of Sarah in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part II, why is Jo so hesitant to become romantically involved with Shelley or to even believe that Shelley might be interested in her at first? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

How do the struggles of Jo's three daughters, Kim, Melissa, and Lila, reflect and embody some of the same problems she, Bethie, and even their mother Sarah encountered as women decades earlier? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between Bethie's weight and appearance and what she sees as her mother Sarah's opinion of her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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