3. Mr. and Mrs. Brooke have their first argument about what silly thing?
(a) what to have for dinner
(b) a newspaper article
(c) a jam incident
(d) a dress that Meg wants

4. Where is Meg's wedding held?
(a) at Aunt March's house
(b) in a church
(c) in the March home
(d) outside at Longmeadow

5. Meg gives birth to twins and the girl's name is what?
(a) Daisy
(b) Rose
(c) Violet
(d) Lily

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives and interrupts a conversation between Meg and Mr. Brooke?

2. Who tells Meg that they are not impressed by her "fuss and feathers" at the party?

3. Amy wants to have a gathering of her friends, which she calls what?

4. Laurie and Jo go to a nearby river to do what?

5. Laurie tells Jo that one of his college friends is smitten with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. As we return to Dovecote, how are Meg and John getting along in chapter twenty-five?

2. Describe Jo's attitude in chapter three and how it defies conventional thinking in that era.

3. How does financial and social status affect Jo in chapter five when she sees Laurie again?

4. Describe how Amy's planned party for her art school friends goes in chapter twenty-three.

5. How does Marmee's attitude about Meg and Mr. Brooke and her children growing up in general illustrate Alcott's progressive views on the position of women in the late 1800s?

6. Describe what illnesses do to the family in chapter sixteen.

7. Describe how poverty plays a role in chapter two.

8. Describe Meg's attitude, in chapter eighteen, when she finds out that Laurie sent a letter to her as a prank.

9. When Laurie says that Jo will be the next to wed, how does Jo react and how does Laurie view her attitude?

10. How is the Christmas celebration in chapter nineteen different from Christmas a year before?

(see the answer keys)

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