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

2. Who does Bethie meet during her visit to Jo at college in Part II that she knows from her past?

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

4. What street is the Kaufman's new house on in Part I?

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

3. 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?

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

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 try for the first time when she visits Jo at college in Part II?

7. How does Dev treat Bethie in Part II?

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

9. What does Bethie remember about being Esther in the Hebrew School play when she was 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Bethie's arrival and acceptance at Blue Hill Farm change the course of her life? What does Bethie end up discovering about herself at Blue Hill Farm? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In Part III, how do Bethie's rape and subsequent abortion affect her views of men and of women's oppression? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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