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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. Beth does what as she is slowly dying?
(a) She stays in bed.
(b) She writes a will.
(c) She lets everyone treat her like a princess.
(d) She keeps busy helping others.

2. Jo feels alone because of what?
(a) She has argued with Meg.
(b) Beth has died.
(c) Marmee is on a trip.
(d) Laurie is away.

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

4. Who is the note that Jo finds from?
(a) Mr. Brooke
(b) Beth
(c) Professor Bhaer
(d) Laurie

5. What does the editor say does not sell in those days?
(a) morals
(b) mystery
(c) adventure
(d) romance

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Amy begins to look at Laurie as what?

3. Laurie tells Amy that he is upset because of what?

4. Jo is longing for what?

5. When Jo prepares to return home, Professor Bhaer gives her what gift?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. How do Jo's rude actions in chapter twenty-six hurt Amy in chapter twenty-seven?

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

10. Describe the significance of Christmas to Jo and the professor in chapter twenty-nine

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