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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. Meg gives birth to twins and the girl's name is what?
2. A baby dies of what?
3. Jo uses the money she makes to send who on vacation?
4. How many social calls do the girls go on?
5. Amy follows Jo and Laurie to the river and does what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the girls' feelings toward the role of women in society, and how do they show these feelings in chapter ten?
2. Describe how poverty plays a role in chapter two.
3. What major event happens to Meg and John after they have been married for a year and how does everyone handle it?
4. How does Meg show, in chapter twenty, that, even though much of the book goes against the tradition of the times, traditional choices are still alright for some?
5. Describe some of the ways the girls keep busy in chapter four, now that the Christmas holidays have ended.
6. How is the Christmas celebration in chapter nineteen different from Christmas a year before?
7. How does Jo's attitude in chapter twenty-six effect each of her visits?
8. 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.
9. Describe what illnesses do to the family in chapter sixteen.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mr. March, although absent in much of the earlier portion of the book, is very important to the girls. In his absence, the presence of Mr. Laurence next door is comforting. How does Mr. Laurence influence the girls' lives?
Essay Topic 2
Explain how helping others is a central theme of the book. Cite examples of how the girls help each other, how the Laurence's help them, or how they each help other people outside the family.
Essay Topic 3
Describe how each of the four March girls are different from each other. Cite examples from how they interact with each other, Marmee, and those they are courting throughout the book. Also, use examples of things said by, to, or about them.
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