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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. As chapter nineteen opens, the March family is preparing to do what?
2. What does each girl find under her pillow one Christmas morning?
3. Meg gives birth to twins and the girl's name is what?
4. What gift does Jo get that she has been wanting for a year?
5. In chapter twenty-four, Jo devotes herself to doing what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe some of the ways the girls keep busy in chapter four, now that the Christmas holidays have ended.
2. Describe the differences between each of the March girls.
3. Describe Meg's attitude, in chapter eighteen, when she finds out that Laurie sent a letter to her as a prank.
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 the men at the picnic in chapter eleven, Fred Vaughn, Laurie, and Mr. Brooke, reveal their true feelings and their character to the girls.
6. How does Jo cutting her hair in chapter fourteen affect the family, and what does it symbolize in the broader scheme of things?
7. How, in chapter six, do the girls' attitudes toward their neighbors grow and adapt?
8. Describe how both Amy and Jo are used to teach a lesson about anger and revenge in chapter eight.
9. Explain how Marmee's hope, in chapter nine, that her children will be happy, whether married or single, reflects the changing times when Alcott was writing the book in the 1860s.
10. How does financial and social status affect Jo in chapter five when she sees Laurie again?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Meg's attitude early on in the book is, perhaps, the best representation of the attitude of typical girls of the time. Do you agree with how much value she placed on what was proper and what other people might think of her? Why or why not?
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