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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Bethie when she gets separated from her friends at the music festival in Part II?
(a) She breaks her leg.
(b) She gets lost and has to hitchhike home.
(c) She is robbed.
(d) She is raped.

3. Who does Bethie finally tell about what Uncle Mel has been doing to her in Part I?
(a) Aunt Shirley.
(b) Mrs. Lambert.
(c) Bubbe.
(d) Jo.

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

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

6. What is Dev's response when Bethie tells him she loves him?
(a) He tells her he loves her too.
(b) He tells her he has never told anyone he loves her.
(c) He does not say anything.
(d) He tells her he needs some time to think about it.

7. Why did Harold get punished by his football coach and forced to audition for the musical?
(a) He had failing grades.
(b) He was caught smoking marijuana.
(c) He took all the "E's" for the billboard sign at the high school.
(d) He had skipped too many practices.

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

9. Who is the leader of the protest group Jo and Shelley join at college in Part II?
(a) Linda.
(b) Devonne.
(c) Doug.
(d) James.

10. What does Marjorie give Bethie at the music festival that turns out to be a big mistake for Bethie to accept?
(a) Acid.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Amphetamines.
(d) Heroin.

11. How old is Ken Kaufman when he dies?
(a) 60.
(b) 35.
(c) 45.
(d) 50.

12. Who is Bethie supposed to go out with the night her father Ken dies?
(a) James Pott.
(b) Donald Powers.
(c) Bobby Carver.
(d) Mark Smith.

13. What record does Shelley choose to play in Jo's dorm room in Part II?
(a) These Days.
(b) Be My Baby.
(c) Sympathy For the Devil.
(d) Walking After Midnight.

14. Where does Sarah Kaufman find a job after Ken Kaufman dies?
(a) Mooric Bakery.
(b) Hudson's.
(c) Zabar's.
(d) The county clerk's office.

15. What does the person at the first college party Bethie attends who gives her her first drugs call her?
(a) Alice.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Mama Cass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Mel start doing to Bethie at her father's funeral?

2. What city do the Kaufmans live in in Part I?

3. What street is the Kaufman's new house on in Part I?

4. Who is Bethie's boyfriend in Part II?

5. What does Jo make for Thanksgiving dinner?

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