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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The March's receive a telegram saying what?
(a) Mr. March is missing.
(b) Mr. March is dead.
(c) Mr. March is very ill.
(d) Mr. March is coming home.

2. Who do the girls decide to allow in the club?
(a) Laurie
(b) Marmee
(c) Hannah
(d) Jenny

3. Who writes a note allegedly from Mr. Brooke to Meg?
(a) Laurie
(b) Amy
(c) Beth
(d) Jo

4. What gift does Jo get that she has been wanting for a year?
(a) a dress
(b) some shoes
(c) a hat
(d) a book

5. Jo expects Meg to reject Mr. Brooke's proposal, but, instead, she sees what happen?
(a) Meg sits on Mr. Brooke's knee.
(b) Meg hugs Mr. Brooke.
(c) Meg kisses Mr. Brooke.
(d) Meg and Mr. Brooke walk off holding hands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What family does Marmee ask the girls to check on?

3. Jo tells her aunts that she is against what?

4. What does the breakfast consist of while Marmee is taking her day off?

5. Marmee tells a tale at dinner about meeting a man who had four sons in the war, but two of them did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jo react to Mr. Brooke taking an interest in Meg?

2. What major event happens to Meg and John after they have been married for a year and how does everyone handle it?

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

4. Describe the ups and downs of Jo's writing experiences in chapter twenty-four.

5. How does Jo cutting her hair in chapter fourteen affect the family, and what does it symbolize in the broader scheme of things?

6. How do we gain insight into Amy's personality when she goes to stay with Aunt March?

7. How does Meg show, in chapter twenty, that, even though much of the book goes against the tradition of the times, traditional choices are still alright for some?

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

9. Alcott only wrote Little Women at her publisher's suggestion. She preferred to write more adult novels. Describe the similarity between her feelings and those of Jo and her family in the book.

10. Describe how the men at the picnic in chapter eleven, Fred Vaughn, Laurie, and Mr. Brooke, reveal their true feelings and their character to the girls.

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