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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 returns home, in chapter thirty-eight?

2. Laurie extends his stay in Nice with whom?

3. What does aunt Carrol send to the girls?

4. Amy shows Laurie two sketches of whom?

5. Laurie and Amy do what together?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marmee feel about Jo, Beth, and Jo's plan to go to New York so Laurie and Beth can be together?

2. Describe how the romance between Jo and the professor finally blossoms.

3. How does the relationship between Jo and Laurie climax in chapter thirty-one?

4. How, in chapter thirty-four, does Amy help Laurie to see himself for who he is and who he used to be and change accordingly?

5. Christmas is a primary focus, yet again. What does Laurie do for Christmas in chapter thirty-three?

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

7. Who arrives, in chapter thirty-eight, besides Laurie, Amy, and Mr. Laurence, and why does that person come?

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

9. How does Jo feel about romantic pursuits, and how do her actions compare or contrast to that?

10. How does Laurie help Amy to see the truth about herself and her relationship with Fred in chapter thirty-four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Jo's thoughts of and interactions with Laurie to her thoughts of and interactions with Professor Bhaer throughout the book. How do her attitudes toward each, as the book progresses, illustrate her aging and maturing?

Essay Topic 2

Louisa May Alcott had somewhat nontraditional views of a woman's role in the late 1800s.

Part 1: Describe how Jo's attitude in the beginning of the book reflects those views.

Part 2: Explain how Jo's attitude grew and changed toward the end of the book.

Part 3: Describe how Marmee's hopes for her daughters reflects Alcott's nontraditional view. Were Marmee's hopes fulfilled?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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