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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. Jo is distraught when Professor Bhaer does what?

2. Amy shows Laurie two sketches of whom?

3. Laurie and Amy decide what about each other?

4. Who else arrives as the March family celebrate?

5. When Laurie realizes that Professor Bhaer is going to ask Jo to marry him, what is his reaction?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Amy and Laurie feel about the possibility of Jo marrying Professor Bhaer?

4. When Beth gets increasingly depressed and upset, how does Jo plan to raise Beth's spirits in chapter twenty-eight?

5. How does Laurie and Amy's Christmas spent together in France affect the major plot line of Jo's relationship with Laurie?

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

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

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

9. How does Mrs. March's sixtieth birthday celebration, in the final chapter, mirror the Christmas festivities in the first chapter of the book?

10. How does Alcott show, through Jo's progression in the book, that women can have many roles in life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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