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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jo do for the first time at a pickett she goes to with Shelley in Part II?
(a) Faints.
(b) Gets arrested.
(c) Brings sandwiches.
(d) Leaves early.

2. Who comes to find Jo when she runs away from home?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

3. What role does Bethie play in the Hebrew School play?
(a) Hypolita.
(b) Esther.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Medea.

4. Why is Jo so upset when she comes home from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) Jo has lost her wallet at Lynnette's.
(b) Lynnette has told her they can not see each other any more.
(c) Lynnette's mother has told Jo she is no longer welcome in their house.
(d) She thinks Lynnette's brother may have seen her and Lynette fooling around sexually.

5. Where is Jo when she hears President Kennedy has been shot?
(a) At a protest.
(b) In a World Anthropology Lecture.
(c) At a concert.
(d) At home for Thanksgiving.

6. What is Jo's biggest secret and source of shame in Part I?
(a) That she stole from her mother.
(b) That she is a lesian.
(c) That she is failing math.
(d) That she lost her job.

7. Why does Jo run away from home in Part I?
(a) Her mother fires their Black housekeeper and tells her she can not see the housekeeper's daughter, her best friend, any longer.
(b) Her mother makes her switch schools.
(c) Her mother calls her a freak.
(d) Her mother insists that she wears a dress.

8. What poem did Uncle Mel read at his brother Ken's shiva?
(a) Ode to a Grecian Urn.
(b) The Road Less Traveled.
(c) Prufrock.
(d) Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.

9. What novel does Bethie find in Jo's dorm room?
(a) Odd Girl Out.
(b) The Feminine Mystique.
(c) Sex and the Single Girl.
(d) Loving Ladies.

10. Who thinks she should have gotten the lead in the Hebrew School play instead of Bethie in Part I?
(a) Minnie Rishbaum.
(b) Shelley Finkle.
(c) Ruth Maylor.
(d) Cheryl Goldfarb.

11. Where does Jo go to college?
(a) The University of Pittsburgh.
(b) The University of Michigan.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

12. What does Bethie demand from Uncle Mel in Part I in return for not revealing what he has been doing to her?
(a) The amount of money he denied her father for a loan some years earlier.
(b) His car.
(c) His house.
(d) A diamond ring.

13. What city do the Kaufmans live in in Part I?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Newport.
(c) Detroit.
(d) New York.

14. Which of Sarah's sisters died of breast cancer?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Flora.
(c) Nonie.
(d) Iris.

15. What does Shelley call Jo as a playful nickname?
(a) Firecracker.
(b) Penny.
(c) Stretch.
(d) Mitch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bethie do to try to control her weight gain in Part I?

2. Who is the leader of the protest group Jo and Shelley join at college in Part II?

3. In which year does Part One of the novel begin?

4. Who is Shelley's boyfriend?

5. Who is Ken Kaufman's mother to Jo and Bethie?

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