Q 01/05

When Father falls ill in Washington, what does Jo sell to help pay for the trip?

A) Her hair

B) Her best dress

C) Her father's books

D) Her writing desk

Answer · why

A) Her hair

Her hair, called her one beauty, fetched $25 for the trip, and Jo laughed it off to the family, then sobbed into her pillow that night while Meg comfo...

Q 02/05

What happens to Beth's canary during the girls' week without chores?

A) He starves

B) He escapes

C) A cat kills him

D) He stops singing

Answer · why

A) He starves

He starves because Beth forgot to feed him, and after his funeral the girls admit Marmee was right that all play and no work turns out badly.

Q 03/05

What is the second volume of Little Women called in the United Kingdom?

A) Four Sisters

B) Little Wives

C) The March Girls

D) Good Wives

Answer · why

D) Good Wives

Good Wives, the British title for Part Two, suits a volume that opens with Meg's wedding and ends with Jo, Meg and Amy all married.

Q 04/05

What happens to Amy soon after she burns Jo's manuscript?

A) She falls through the ice

B) She is lost in a snowstorm

C) She is thrown from a pony

D) She runs away to Aunt March

Answer · why

A) She falls through the ice

She falls through the ice while trailing an angry Jo on a skating trip, and after Jo and Laurie pull her out, Jo confesses her temper to Marmee, who a...

Q 05/05

The March girls' secret Pickwick Club takes its name from a novel by which author?

A) Charles Dickens

B) Sir Walter Scott

C) William Thackeray

D) Nathaniel Hawthorne

Answer · why

A) Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens supplied the club's name and the members' aliases, and when Jo revealed Laurie hiding in the closet, he joined and built a post office...