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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 does Bethie do to try to control her weight gain in Part I?
(a) Buy amphetamines.
(b) Drink metrecal diet shakes.
(c) Get liposuction.
(d) Eat only grapefruit for one month.

2. What does Sarah tell Jo during their fight at Thanksgiving?
(a) Jo is not welcome in the house any longer.
(b) Jo is unnatural.
(c) Jo should pay Sarah back all the money it took to raise her.
(d) Jo's father's death is Jo's fault.

3. Who is Jo's best friend's boyfriend in high school?
(a) Mark Smith.
(b) Marshall Macker.
(c) Bobby Carver.
(d) James Lavine.

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

5. Who is Ken Kaufman's mother to Jo and Bethie?
(a) Grandma Elkie.
(b) Grandma Shayna.
(c) Grandma Loretta.
(d) Bubbe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jo when she receives the phone call from her doctor telling her her cancer has returned?

2. What does Bethie demand from Uncle Mel in Part I in return for not revealing what he has been doing to her?

3. What kind of bread does Bethie make with her grandparents?

4. What kind of game does Jo's father take her to see in Part I?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bethie put a stop to her Uncle Mel's abuse?

3. What does Bethie try for the first time when she visits Jo at college in Part II?

4. What happens between Jo and Sarah at Thanksgiving dinner in Part II?

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

6. What does Bethie think about what has become of Sarah in Part II?

7. What does Jo's father do when she decides to run away from home in Part I?

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

9. Before Jo meets Shelley at college, how does she feel about her college experience?

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

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