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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What role does Bethie play in the Hebrew School play?
2. What song does Devon associate with his three sisters who are all housewives?
3. What is the name of Jo's and Bethie's high school?
4. Who does Bethie finally tell about what Uncle Mel has been doing to her in Part I?
5. Who is Jo's best friend's boyfriend in high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Before Jo meets Shelley at college, how does she feel about her college experience?
2. Why does Sarah tell Jo and Bethie that Mel refused to give their father a loan some years before their father died?
3. What kinds of protests does Jo attend in college, and what causes does she care most about?
4. Why is Jo so upset when she returns from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day in Part II?
5. In Part I, what happens that makes Jo want to run away from home?
6. What role does Jo's high school friend Lynnette play in her life?
7. 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?
8. How does Sarah treat Jo and Bethie differently when they are little girls?
9. What starts happening to Bethie when she goes to her Uncle Mel's house every week?
10. How does Bethie put a stop to her Uncle Mel's abuse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part III, how do Bethie's rape and subsequent abortion affect her views of men and of women's oppression? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
How does Bethie's sexual abuse at the hands of her Uncle Mel affect her life, self-perception, and relationships afterwards? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Bethie's arrival and acceptance at Blue Hill Farm change the course of her life? What does Bethie end up discovering about herself at Blue Hill Farm? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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