Q 01/05

Who wrote Little Women?

A) Frances Hodgson Burnett

B) Charlotte Brontë

C) Louisa May Alcott

D) Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer · why

C) Louisa May Alcott

She wrote it 'in record time for money' at Orchard House in Concord and admitted she did not enjoy it.

Q 02/05

In which two years were the novel's two volumes originally published?

A) 1868 and 1869

B) 1872 and 1873

C) 1878 and 1879

D) 1888 and 1889

Answer · why

A) 1868 and 1869

They were combined into a single novel in 1880.

Q 03/05

What is the second volume called in the United Kingdom?

A) Jo's Boys

B) Little Wives

C) The March Girls

D) Good Wives

Answer · why

D) Good Wives

The title came from the publisher, not Alcott; she delivered the manuscript on New Year's Day 1869.

Q 04/05

Which of the four March sisters is the tomboy who writes?

A) Meg

B) Jo

C) Beth

D) Amy

Answer · why

B) Jo

Meg is beautiful and traditional, Beth the shy pianist and peacemaker, Amy the artist who longs for elegance.

Q 05/05

What do the girls call their mother?

A) Marmee

B) Mama

C) Mother March

D) Nana

Answer · why

A) Marmee

On Christmas morning she sends them out to give their breakfast to the poor Hummel family.

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