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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. Professor Bhaer is caring for whom?
(a) his ailing sister
(b) his aging parents
(c) his two orphaned nieces
(d) his two orphaned nephews

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

3. Laurie admires what about Amy?
(a) her artistic ability
(b) her sense of humor
(c) her beauty and style
(d) her eyes

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

5. Jo determines that Beth is sad because of what?
(a) She thinks Beth misses Meg.
(b) She thinks Beth is tired of being too sick to go out.
(c) She thinks Beth is in love with Laurie.
(d) She thinks Beth misses Amy

Short Answer Questions

1. Jo tells Professor Bhaer that she is not afraid of what?

2. When Beth realizes she is dying, how does she take it?

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

4. Laurie tries to resolve his feelings by doing what?

5. Beth asks Jo if they can go where, instead of the place Jo suggests?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Jo handle the fact that Beth is dying?

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

10. Describe why Amy, rather than Jo, is selected to go abroad with Aunt Carrol, and how Jo feels about the decision.

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