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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 does Bethie call her grandparents?

2. What kind of game does Jo's father take her to see in Part I?

3. Who is Jo's best friend in high school?

4. What does Bethie think of Devon as in Part II?

5. Who does Bethie meet who gives her her first drugs in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role does Jo's high school friend Lynnette play in her life?

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

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

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

6. How does Bethie control her weight in Part II, once she gets to college?

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

8. In Part I, what happens that makes Jo want to run away from home?

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

10. What does Jo's father do when she decides to run away from home in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Sarah Kaufman's death - and the note she leaves to Jo and Bethie - change Jo's and Bethie's views about their mother and about their relationships with her? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jo treat Shelley when Shelley comes to see Jo on Thanksgiving in 1976? Why is Jo so anxious for Shelley to leave? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How do the struggles of Jo's three daughters, Kim, Melissa, and Lila, reflect and embody some of the same problems she, Bethie, and even their mother Sarah encountered as women decades earlier? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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