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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who writes a note allegedly from Mr. Brooke to Meg?
2. Amy wants to have a gathering of her friends, which she calls what?
3. Marmee and Mr. Brooke go where?
4. Amy asks the family to do what about the party?
5. Mr. Brooke comes to the house to retrieve what?
Short Essay Questions
1. As we return to Dovecote, how are Meg and John getting along in chapter twenty-five?
2. How does Jo cutting her hair in chapter fourteen affect the family, and what does it symbolize in the broader scheme of things?
3. What major event happens to Meg and John after they have been married for a year and how does everyone handle it?
4. How does Marmee's attitude about Meg and Mr. Brooke and her children growing up in general illustrate Alcott's progressive views on the position of women in the late 1800s?
5. What are the girls' feelings toward the role of women in society, and how do they show these feelings in chapter ten?
6. How does Jo's attitude in chapter twenty-six effect each of her visits?
7. How does Alcott illustrate that "pride goes before a fall" and that popularity is not necessarily a good thing in chapter seven, using Amy as an example.
8. Describe what illnesses do to the family in chapter sixteen.
9. How, in chapter six, do the girls' attitudes toward their neighbors grow and adapt?
10. Describe how the men at the picnic in chapter eleven, Fred Vaughn, Laurie, and Mr. Brooke, reveal their true feelings and their character to the girls.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you feel that Louisa May Alcott made the right choice by not having Jo and Laurie marry at the end of the book? Use examples from interactions between Jo and Laurie, as well as between Jo and Professor Bhaer, to back up your opinion.
Essay Topic 2
Christmas and other parties play a recurring role in the March girls' lives throughout the book. Compare and contrast some of the Christmases and other parties in the book and explain how the girls learned the lesson that material things are not as important as family and friends during those festivities.
Essay Topic 3
Explain how helping others is a central theme of the book. Cite examples of how the girls help each other, how the Laurence's help them, or how they each help other people outside the family.
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