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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Laurie has not been out since the party because of what?
(a) He had a cold.
(b) Mr. Laurence made him stay in.
(c) The weather was too bad.
(d) He had to study.
2. Left alone in the library, Jo studies what?
(a) a portrait of Laurie
(b) a portrait of Mr. Laurence
(c) a book
(d) a paper on the desk
3. Who gets Amy in trouble at school?
(a) Jessica White
(b) Jenny Snow
(c) Jenny Smith
(d) Jessica Snow
4. On the third social call, the girls pay a visit to whom?
(a) Mr. Tudor
(b) Mr. Turner
(c) Mr. Tucker
(d) Mr. Thomas
5. How is Amy punished at school?
(a) She is expelled.
(b) She has to write lines.
(c) She gets detained after school.
(d) Her hands are slapped.
Short Answer Questions
1. Laurie tells Jo that one of his college friends is smitten with whom?
2. When Meg gives birth to twins, they decide to name the boy what?
3. Who arrives and surprises the girls?
4. How many social calls do the girls go on?
5. How long has passed since the last time we saw the March girls?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Laurie says that Jo will be the next to wed, how does Jo react and how does Laurie view her attitude?
2. Explain how Marmee's hope, in chapter nine, that her children will be happy, whether married or single, reflects the changing times when Alcott was writing the book in the 1860s.
3. How does Marmee's attitude about Meg and Mr. Brooke and her children growing up in general illustrate Alcott's progressive views on the position of women in the late 1800s?
4. How does Jo handle the fact that Beth is dying?
5. How does Alcott illustrate that "pride goes before a fall" and that popularity is not necessarily a good thing in chapter seven, using Amy as an example.
6. What major event happens to Meg and John after they have been married for a year and how does everyone handle it?
7. How does Jo react to the news that Laurie and Amy are engaged.
8. Describe how both Amy and Jo are used to teach a lesson about anger and revenge in chapter eight.
9. How is the Christmas celebration in chapter nineteen different from Christmas a year before?
10. How are Amy and Jo's roles viewed differently, as they go on social calls in chapter twenty-six?
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