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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. Which of the following sports does Jo play in high school?

2. What does Jo do for the first time at a pickett she goes to with Shelley in Part II?

3. What does the person at the first college party Bethie attends who gives her her first drugs call her?

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

5. Why does Jo come back home after she runs away on Thanksgiving?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dev treat Bethie in Part II?

2. What does Bethie think about what has become of Sarah in Part II?

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

4. What news does Jo receive in the section of Part I titled "2015"?

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

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

8. What happens to Bethie when she goes to the Newport music festival in Part II?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jo end up going to Shelley's wedding, and how does her experience there change the course of her life forever? Why does Jo finally agree to marry a man? Write an essay explaining 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 does the blow-up between Jo and Sarah at Thanksgiving in Part II fundamentally change the dynamic in their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.

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