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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) Coralee.
(b) Lynnette.
(c) Coretta.
(d) Kimberly.

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

3. How old was Bethie when she knew it was her destiny to become a star?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

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

5. What kinds of stories does Jo tell Bethie as children?
(a) Scary stories.
(b) Choose your own adventure stories.
(c) Limerick stories.
(d) Fairytales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jo do out of concern over Bethie's dieting in Part I?

2. Who thinks she should have gotten the lead in the Hebrew School play instead of Bethie in Part I?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. How does Jo react when Lynnette tells her about her plans to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time?

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