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

2. Where is Jo when she receives the phone call from her doctor telling her her cancer has returned?

3. What does Bethie think of Devon as in Part II?

4. Where does Jo go to college?

5. Why is Jo so upset when she comes home from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Jo so upset when she returns from Lynnette's on Thanksgiving Day in Part II?

9. Before Jo meets Shelley at college, how does she feel about her college experience?

10. How does Dev treat Bethie in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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