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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 cares for Beth as she is dying?

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

3. Professor Bhaer is from where?

4. What news do Laurie and Amy give everyone?

5. Who dies and leaves Jo and Professor Bhaer a house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the significance of Christmas to Jo and the professor in chapter twenty-nine

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

3. How does Jo react to the news that Laurie and Amy are engaged.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do Laurie and Amy react to the news of Beth's death, and how do their reactions alter the main story?

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

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

When both March parents are away, Beth contracts Scarlet Fever and Amy is sent to Aunt March's house. Describe what that series of events shows us about Amy's character and how that character changes throughout the book.

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