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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. Jo longs to have money and power so she can do what?
(a) get married
(b) care for her family
(c) get a better job
(d) move far away

2. Jo is longing for what?
(a) to see Amy again
(b) a soul mate
(c) to see Beth again
(d) to have another novel published

3. Laurie asks Jo if she loves the professor and Jo says what?
(a) I don't know who I love.
(b) I love him with all my heart.
(c) I haven't the least idea of loving him or anybody else.
(d) We plan to be married next year.

4. As Jo is walking home in the rain, who covers her with his umbrella?
(a) Mr. Laurence
(b) Mr. Hummel
(c) Laurie
(d) Professor Bhaer

5. Jo begins writing children's stories so she can keep the respect of whom?
(a) Laurie
(b) Professor Bhaer
(c) Marmee
(d) Beth

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Professor Bhaer to finally realize Jo has feelings for him?

2. What do Jo and Professor Bhaer use their new house for?

3. Who else arrives as the March family celebrate?

4. Professor Bhaer is caring for whom?

5. When Jo returns home, she discovers what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the entire book say about wealth?

2. Christmas is a primary focus, yet again. What does Laurie do for Christmas in chapter thirty-three?

3. Contrast Professor Bhaer with Laurie. What could possibly draw Jo to one over the other?

4. How does Jo handle the fact that Beth is dying?

5. How does Alcott show, through Jo's progression in the book, that women can have many roles in life?

6. How do Jo's rude actions in chapter twenty-six hurt Amy in chapter twenty-seven?

7. How does Jo react to the news that Laurie and Amy are engaged.

8. How does the relationship between Jo and Laurie climax in chapter thirty-one?

9. What secret does Beth reveal to Jo at the seashore and what does it say about Beth's mental state?

10. In chapter thirty-eight, Laurie and Jo have a final discussion about their relationship and decide what?

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