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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 play had Jo seen Shelley perform in?

2. What does Dev's father do for a living?

3. What is the name of Jo's and Bethie's high school?

4. What do the leaders of the protest movement ask the women to do at the meeting Jo and Shelley attend in Part II?

5. Who is Bethie supposed to go out with the night her father Ken dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah treat Jo and Bethie differently when they are little girls?

2. How do Sarah's, Bethie's, and Jo's lives change when their father Ken unexpectedly dies?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Bethie's consciousness-raising conversation with Jo and her neighbors in Part IV reveal about the frustrations and other feelings the women have about their relationships, partners, and opportunities? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jo's experiences with and feelings towards each of her parents, Sarah and Ken Kaufman, throughout her childhood and up until the time when Ken dies suddenly.

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