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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. Which of the following sports does Jo play in high school?
(a) Field hockey.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Lacrosse.

2. Why does Jo come back home after she runs away on Thanksgiving?
(a) She wants to go back to pack all her things.
(b) She does not want to leave Bethie there alone.
(c) She wants to go back to yell at her mother one more time.
(d) She does not have anywhere else to go.

3. Who becomes Jo's first college girlfriend?
(a) Loretta Carson.
(b) Mary King.
(c) Lynnette Bobeck.
(d) Shelley Finkelbein.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jo when she hears President Kennedy has been shot?

2. Where does Sarah Kaufman find a job after Ken Kaufman dies?

3. What does Marjorie give Bethie at the music festival that turns out to be a big mistake for Bethie to accept?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jo get for Bethie as a gift in Part II?

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

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

6. Why does Sarah tell Jo and Bethie that Mel refused to give their father a loan some years before their father died?

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

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

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

10. What role does Jo's high school friend Lynnette play in her life?

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