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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 does the note that Jo finds say?
(a) Wait for me, my love.
(b) Dear Jo, I love you.
(c) Wait for me, my friend.
(d) Goodbye dear friend.

2. Laurie seems to have lost his sense of what?
(a) purpose
(b) humor
(c) smell
(d) sight

3. Who agrees that Jo's separation from Laurie would be good?
(a) Mrs. March
(b) Meg
(c) Beth
(d) Laurie

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

5. When Laurie hears that Beth has died, he does what?
(a) travels to be with Jo
(b) writes a letter to Marmee
(c) travels to be with Amy
(d) writes a letter to Jo

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurie appeals to Jo one more time before his trip and she does what?

2. Jo finds a note where?

3. What is Amy's first intention toward Laurie?

4. Laurie extends his stay in Nice with whom?

5. Who returns home, in chapter thirty-eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. During her talk with Laurie about their relationship, how is Jo's independence once again expressed with relation to the normal role of women in society in that era?

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

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

5. How does Mrs. March's sixtieth birthday celebration, in the final chapter, mirror the Christmas festivities in the first chapter of the book?

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

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

8. What does chapter thirty-two say about the changeable nature of life and death?

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

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

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