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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 was not selected to go with Aunt Carrol for what reason?
(a) She had to stay home and tend to Beth.
(b) Aunt Carrol overheard Jo telling Aunt March that she hated Aunt Carrol.
(c) She was too sick to go with Aunt Carrol.
(d) She said that she did not like French on a previous visit with Aunt Carrol.

2. Upon returning home, Laurie insists that he and Jo talk about what?
(a) Jo's new job
(b) Laurie's new job
(c) Professor Bhaer
(d) their future together

3. When Laurie realizes that Professor Bhaer is going to ask Jo to marry him, what is his reaction?
(a) He tells Jo that he will always wish it had been him that she'd married.
(b) He tries to stop the proposal.
(c) He tells Jo that he would be happy to see them married.
(d) He tells Amy that he would be happy to see them married.

4. Amy shows Laurie two sketches of whom?
(a) Beth
(b) Laurie
(c) Jo
(d) Meg

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jo is walking home in the rain, who covers her with his umbrella?

2. Jo begins to write for what publication?

3. Laurie visits Amy where?

4. Jo plans to go where for the winter?

5. When Laurie hears that Beth has died, he does what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What lessons do we learn from Beth's death?

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

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

9. How does Laurie help Amy to see the truth about herself and her relationship with Fred in chapter thirty-four?

10. How does Jo feel about romantic pursuits, and how do her actions compare or contrast to that?

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