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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. What do Jo and Professor Bhaer use their new house for?
(a) a school for boys
(b) a school for girls
(c) a newspaper office
(d) a home for orphans

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

3. Beth refuses to go on a trip where?
(a) to France
(b) to Washington
(c) to the mountains
(d) to the ocean

4. Jo refuses to do what until Beth dies?
(a) leave her side
(b) cut her hair
(c) sleep
(d) visit her

5. What causes Professor Bhaer to finally realize Jo has feelings for him?
(a) Jo breaks down in tears.
(b) Jo tells Laurie, who tells Professor Bhaer.
(c) Jo kisses him.
(d) Amy tells Professor Bhaer, against Jo's wishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jo is longing for what?

2. What does Laurie tell Jo about the relationship they have?

3. As she reflects on her life, what does Jo say about it?

4. The professor and Jo meet for walks for how long?

5. What does Laurie intend to do to prove that he is not spoiled?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Amy and Laurie feel about the possibility of Jo marrying Professor Bhaer?

2. What does the entire book say about wealth?

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

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

5. Describe how the romance between Jo and the professor finally blossoms.

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

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

8. When Beth gets increasingly depressed and upset, how does Jo plan to raise Beth's spirits in chapter twenty-eight?

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

10. How does Laurie and Amy's Christmas spent together in France affect the major plot line of Jo's relationship with Laurie?

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