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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. As it is time for Laurie to graduate, what happens?
(a) He graduates with honors.
(b) He drops out right before graduation.
(c) He fails.
(d) He just barely graduates.

2. What job does Jo plan to take for the winter?
(a) housekeeper
(b) writer
(c) cook
(d) tutor

3. Who returns home, in chapter thirty-eight?
(a) Meg and John
(b) Meg and Marmee
(c) Jo, Meg and Amy
(d) Amy, Laurie and Mr. Laurance

4. Laurie appeals to Jo one more time before his trip and she does what?
(a) She declines again.
(b) She says that she needs to think things over.
(c) She changes her mind and accepts his marriage proposal.
(d) She says that she loves him too, but can't marry him.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amy shows Laurie two sketches of whom?

2. What do Amy and Laurie want to use their wealth for?

3. Professor Bhaer is from where?

4. At Christmas, Jo and Professor Bhaer do what?

5. What does Beth tell Jo about Beth's health?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the entire book say about wealth?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Who arrives, in chapter thirty-eight, besides Laurie, Amy, and Mr. Laurence, and why does that person come?

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

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

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

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

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