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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 do Jo and Bethie stop on their trip together in Part IV on their way down south?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Washington D.C.

2. What is set to happen the night Bethie comes to Connecticut to visit Jo in Part IV?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Flooding.
(c) A meteor shower.
(d) A blizzard.

3. What are the names of Jo's two daughters in Part IV?
(a) Laura and Nonie.
(b) Sarah and Fran.
(c) Kim and Melissa.
(d) Elizabeth and Ellen.

4. What kind of job does Jo get in Part III?
(a) Working at Hudson's.
(b) Working as a police officer.
(c) Teaching at a middle school in Detroit.
(d) Writing for the newspaper.

5. What had Bethie seen Jo and Shelley doing at the University of Michigan?
(a) Living together.
(b) Having sex.
(c) Holdings hands.
(d) Picketing together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cliche does Bethie remember Sarah uttering about race in Part IV?

2. What does the abortionist say to Bethie in Part III that shocks her?

3. Why is Bethie angry with Jo about what happened with their Uncle Mel?

4. How did Harold Jefferson injure his leg?

5. What is the name of the woman Jo meets at the bar she goes to the night before her wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, how does Bethie make a living?

2. Why does Jo go to Shelley's wedding in Part III?

3. What happens when Jo comes back to Atlanta for a visit with Bethie in Part IV?

4. What are Shelley and Jo supposed to do after graduation?

5. What does the abortionist tell Bethie when she sees him?

6. What kind of conversation does Bethie do with Jo and her neighbors in Part IV?

7. What kinds of difficulties does Jo experience with her youngest daughter Lila?

8. Why does Jo eventually relent and decide to marry Dave Braverman?

9. What is a significant complication of Harold's and Bethie's relationship?

10. What is Bethie's impression of Jo's state of mind when she visits her in Connecticut?

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