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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 kinds of protests does Jo attend during high school?
2. What is Jo's biggest secret and source of shame in Part I?
3. What does Bethie think of Devon as in Part II?
4. Where is Jo when she hears President Kennedy has been shot?
5. Whose farmhouse does Bethie stay at on the way to the music festival in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bethie try for the first time when she visits Jo at college in Part II?
2. What does Jo get for Bethie as a gift in Part II?
3. Why is Jo so upset when she returns from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day in Part II?
4. How does Jo react when Lynnette tells her about her plans to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time?
5. What happens to Bethie when she goes to the Newport music festival in Part II?
6. What does Bethie think of the farm they stop at with Dev and their friends on the way to Newport?
7. What happens between Jo and Sarah at Thanksgiving dinner in Part II?
8. What does Bethie remember about being Esther in the Hebrew School play when she was 11?
9. 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?
10. What news does Jo receive in the section of Part I titled "2015"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part II, why is Jo so hesitant to become romantically involved with Shelley or to even believe that Shelley might be interested in her at first? 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
In Part IV, why does Bethie think Jo seems unhappy in her suburban life with her husband and two daughters in Connecticut? How does Bethie communicate her assessment of Jo's life to Jo, and what is Jo's reaction? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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