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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Uncle Mel's housekeeper?
(a) Lynnette.
(b) Coralee.
(c) Coretta.
(d) Kimberly.

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

3. What play had Jo seen Shelley perform in?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hairspray.
(c) The Music Man.
(d) Carousel.

4. Where is Jo when she receives the phone call from her doctor telling her her cancer has returned?
(a) The movies.
(b) The park.
(c) Her office.
(d) Her daughter's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the leaders of the protest movement ask the women to do at the meeting Jo and Shelley attend in Part II?

2. What does Jo do for the first time at a pickett she goes to with Shelley in Part II?

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

4. What record does Shelley choose to play in Jo's dorm room in Part II?

5. What does Dev's father do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of protests does Jo attend in college, and what causes does she care most about?

2. Why is Jo so upset when she returns from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day in Part II?

3. When Jo is a young child and standing outside the Kaufman's new home on Alhambra Street for the first time, what makes Sarah so angry?

4. How does Sarah treat Jo and Bethie differently when they are little girls?

5. How do Sarah's, Bethie's, and Jo's lives change when their father Ken unexpectedly dies?

6. In Part I, what happens that makes Jo want to run away from home?

7. Why is Jo hesitant to believe Shelley might like her romantically in Part II?

8. What starts happening to Bethie when she goes to her Uncle Mel's house every week?

9. How does Dev treat Bethie in Part II?

10. What does Bethie think of the farm they stop at with Dev and their friends on the way to Newport?

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