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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 house left to Jo and Professor Bhaer?

2. Jo asks who to help Amy with her flower table?

3. Laurie leaves with Mr. Laurence to do what?

4. What is professor Bhaer's new position?

5. What causes Professor Bhaer to finally realize Jo has feelings for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jo's reaction, in chapter thirty-seven, after Beth's death?

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

3. How does Jo handle the fact that Beth is dying?

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

5. In chapter thirty-eight, Laurie and Jo have a final discussion about their relationship and decide what?

6. What does chapter thirty-two say about the changeable nature of life and death?

7. In chapter thirty-nine, as she prepares to settle into the Laurence estate, how has Amy's attitude about money and material things changed?

8. How does Beth's death, in chapter thirty-five, affect the rest of the family?

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

10. What lessons do we learn from Beth's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you feel that Amy should have married Fred Vaughn, not Laurie? Defend your choice using what you know about all three characters.

Essay Topic 2

Jo is the central character in the story. Her choices are essential to the plot. Choose one of the following scenarios and describe how you think the story might have ended up had Jo made that choice. Use elements from the existing plot to back up your assumptions.

1. Jo marries Laurie.

2. Jo never marries anyone.

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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