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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. Beth tries to comfort those around her, though they are upset about what?
2. When Laurie realizes that Professor Bhaer is going to ask Jo to marry him, what is his reaction?
3. What do Jo and Professor Bhaer use their new house for?
4. Amy shows Laurie two sketches of whom?
5. What do Amy and Laurie want to use their wealth for?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe why Amy, rather than Jo, is selected to go abroad with Aunt Carrol, and how Jo feels about the decision.
2. What does the entire book say about wealth?
3. In chapter thirty-nine, as she prepares to settle into the Laurence estate, how has Amy's attitude about money and material things changed?
4. How does Beth's death, in chapter thirty-five, affect the rest of the family?
5. How does Professor Bhaer effect Jo's character and her choices in chapter thirty?
6. How does Mrs. March's sixtieth birthday celebration, in the final chapter, mirror the Christmas festivities in the first chapter of the book?
7. How does Jo handle the fact that Beth is dying?
8. How does Alcott show, through Jo's progression in the book, that women can have many roles in life?
9. What is Jo's reaction, in chapter thirty-seven, after Beth's death?
10. How does Jo react to the news that Laurie and Amy are engaged.
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
Christmas and other parties play a recurring role in the March girls' lives throughout the book. Compare and contrast some of the Christmases and other parties in the book and explain how the girls learned the lesson that material things are not as important as family and friends during those festivities.
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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