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

2. Whose farmhouse does Bethie stay at on the way to the music festival in Part II?
(a) Cindy's.
(b) Farrel's.
(c) James's.
(d) Scout's.

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

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

5. What song does Devon associate with his three sisters who are all housewives?
(a) Time of My Life.
(b) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.
(c) Facilitator.
(d) Little Boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jo tell Bethie about how Bethie looks the last time they see each other before Jo goes on her trip abroad?

2. What does Jo make for Thanksgiving dinner?

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

4. What does Bethie call her grandparents?

5. What is the name of Jo's and Bethie's high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bethie remember about being Esther in the Hebrew School play when she was 11?

2. What happens to Bethie when she goes to the Newport music festival in Part II?

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

4. What news does Jo receive in the section of Part I titled "2015"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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