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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. Laurie seems to have lost his sense of what?
2. Laurie and Amy decide what about each other?
3. What is Amy's first intention toward Laurie?
4. Amy puts her insecurities about Laurie's affection to rest after what happens?
5. Who dies and leaves Jo and Professor Bhaer a house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how the romance between Jo and the professor finally blossoms.
2. Christmas is a primary focus, yet again. What does Laurie do for Christmas in chapter thirty-three?
3. What is Jo's reaction, in chapter thirty-seven, after Beth's death?
4. During her talk with Laurie about their relationship, how is Jo's independence once again expressed with relation to the normal role of women in society in that era?
5. What does chapter thirty-two say about the changeable nature of life and death?
6. How does Jo react to the news that Laurie and Amy are engaged.
7. How do Amy and Laurie feel about the possibility of Jo marrying Professor Bhaer?
8. How does Marmee feel about Jo, Beth, and Jo's plan to go to New York so Laurie and Beth can be together?
9. How do Jo's rude actions in chapter twenty-six hurt Amy in chapter twenty-seven?
10. How does Jo handle the fact that Beth is dying?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Marmee is a key force in the girls' lives, especially during the war, in part I of the book. Describe how Marmee influences the girls' choices through the years, both when she is present and when she is absent.
Essay Topic 3
Foreshadowing is a powerful literary tool, which Louisa May Alcott uses often in the book. Choose one of the following three events and explain how it is foreshadowed in the chapters prior to it.
1. Jo decides not to marry Laurie.
2. Beth dies.
3. Amy and Laurie decide to marry.
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