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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. A rumor is circulating that Mrs. March wants to arrange a match between Laurie and who?
2. Due to Laurie's prank, what happens?
3. What is the name of Aunt March's maid?
4. Who are the least enthusiastic about Amy's party?
5. Jo's novel finally sells for what amount?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. How does Jo's attitude in chapter twenty-six effect each of her visits?
3. Describe how Meg's personality changes in chapter twenty-two, as she is married.
4. Describe some of the ways the girls keep busy in chapter four, now that the Christmas holidays have ended.
5. 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?
6. How do we gain insight into Amy's personality when she goes to stay with Aunt March?
7. When Laurie says that Jo will be the next to wed, how does Jo react and how does Laurie view her attitude?
8. Describe how Amy's planned party for her art school friends goes in chapter twenty-three.
9. How is the Christmas celebration in chapter nineteen different from Christmas a year before?
10. What are the girls' feelings toward the role of women in society, and how do they show these feelings in chapter ten?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Shy, timid Beth's character may not seem as well developed as everyone else in the book, but she plays an integral role. How do you feel about her death and what it represented to the rest of the March girls, especially Jo?
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