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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 is distraught when Professor Bhaer does what?
(a) stays away for three days
(b) stays away for three months
(c) begins to take interest in another woman
(d) moves away

2. Jo feels alone because of what?
(a) Beth has died.
(b) Laurie is away.
(c) Marmee is on a trip.
(d) She has argued with Meg.

3. Amy declines whose marriage proposal?
(a) Harry
(b) Ron
(c) George
(d) Fred

4. What is professor Bhaer's new position?
(a) grocer
(b) teacher
(c) novelist
(d) salesman

5. Laurie and Amy decide what about each other?
(a) They don't get along with others.
(b) They hate each other.
(c) They love each other.
(d) They should just be friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurie seems to have lost his sense of what?

2. Jo writes often to her family about whom?

3. Jo begins to write for what publication?

4. When Laurie says that he loves Jo, Jo does what?

5. Amy accepts an offer to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beth's death, in chapter thirty-five, affect the rest of the family?

2. How do Laurie and Amy react to the news of Beth's death, and how do their reactions alter the main story?

3. How does Marmee feel about Jo, Beth, and Jo's plan to go to New York so Laurie and Beth can be together?

4. How, in chapter thirty-four, does Amy help Laurie to see himself for who he is and who he used to be and change accordingly?

5. What is Jo's reaction, in chapter thirty-seven, after Beth's death?

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

7. In chapter thirty-nine, as she prepares to settle into the Laurence estate, how has Amy's attitude about money and material things changed?

8. How does Professor Bhaer effect Jo's character and her choices in chapter thirty?

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

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

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