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

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

3. Which of Jo's daughters gets along best with Sarah?
(a) Lila.
(b) Flora.
(c) Kim.
(d) Missy.

4. What does Jo tell Bethie when Bethie asks why Jo seems to have given up on her dreams in Part IV?
(a) Jo got tired of fighting all the time.
(b) Jo did not want to end up like Bethie.
(c) Jo did not want to end up like her mother.
(d) Jo is not a lesbian as Bethie thinks she is.

5. Where is Dave working when Bethie comes to visit Jo in Part IV?
(a) Boston.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shelley's father's name?

2. How does Bethie meet Harold Jefferson again in Part IV after many years?

3. What does Harold bring to Thanksgiving at Blue Hill Farm?

4. How will Jo afford to go traveling with Shelley in Part III?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bethie get arrested for when she comes back to Detroit for her friend's wedding?

2. Who does Bethie meet from her past that changes her life in Part IV, and how does she meet him?

3. In Part III, what is one major frustration Jo has with Shelley?

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

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

6. How does Jo remember the night Shelley came to find her in 1976?

7. Why does Sarah send Jo a telegram telling her to come home immediately just as Jo starts her trip abroad?

8. What are the personalities of Jo's two daughters Kim and Missy like?

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

10. How does Jo react when Bethie asks her about Shelley?

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