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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. What is the name of the story that Jo has published?
2. The March girls' names are Meg, Beth, Amy, and what?
3. Marmee tells a tale at dinner about meeting a man who had four sons in the war, but two of them did what?
4. What secret does Laurie tell Jo?
5. The March's receive a telegram saying what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. How does Jo react to Mr. Brooke taking an interest in Meg?
3. How does Jo's attitude in chapter twenty-six effect each of her visits?
4. What major event happens to Meg and John after they have been married for a year and how does everyone handle it?
5. Describe how both Amy and Jo are used to teach a lesson about anger and revenge in chapter eight.
6. Describe how poverty plays a role in chapter two.
7. How are Amy and Jo's roles viewed differently, as they go on social calls in chapter twenty-six?
8. Describe Meg's attitude, in chapter eighteen, when she finds out that Laurie sent a letter to her as a prank.
9. Alcott only wrote Little Women at her publisher's suggestion. She preferred to write more adult novels. Describe the similarity between her feelings and those of Jo and her family in the book.
10. Describe Jo's attitude in chapter three and how it defies conventional thinking in that era.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In part I of the book, the girls have to make sacrifices due to the War. Explain the family hardships that go on, both financial and personal, and how the girls overcome them.
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
Jo's tomboyish attitude is key to the book. Cite examples of how this attitude is displayed with relation to how Jo interacts with Laurie. How do their interactions with each other support Jo's independent attitude?
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