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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 Shelley call Jo as a playful nickname?

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

3. What does Bethie call her grandparents?

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

5. What happens to Bethie when she gets separated from her friends at the music festival in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens between Jo and Sarah at Thanksgiving dinner 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. What does Bethie remember about being Esther in the Hebrew School play when she was 11?

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

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

9. How does Jo react when Lynnette tells her about her plans to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Harold Jefferson reluctant to get into a serious relationship with Bethie, even though he likes her very much? How does Bethie expect her mother Sarah to react to her relationship with Harold, a black man? Once Bethie and Harold begin their romance and reveal their relationship to their families, how do their families react? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

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.

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