Week 7 Part 2 Scholastic Book Battle

What was Laurie's Christmas present for Mrs March and the girls?

• Laurie helped bring both Mr March and Mr Brooke home to the March house for Christmas.

• Laurie gave the March girls a small fortune so that they would never need to worry about money.

• Jo had mentioned that her family needed a new icebox so Laurie bought one for them.

• The March girls had always wanted to go to the theater so Laurie surprised them with season tickets.

After Jo told Laurie that she wanted to be a writer, Laurie

• told her that girls were hardly ever successful as writers.

• was delighted because he also wanted to be a writer!

• asked her to make up a story about a giant and an ogre.

• took her to visit his grandfather's library.

At the Gardiner's New Year's Eve dance, Jo tried to hide but

• she had trouble getting away from Meg, who didn't want Jo to leave her alone.

• accidentally stumbled into Laurie, her next door neighbor, who was also hiding.

• just as she was leaving the dance hall, Mr Gardiner asked her to waltz.

• couldn't stop herself from joining in because she truly loved dancing.

How did Jo make twenty-five dollars?

• Jo wrote several stories for the local newspaper and was paid for her labor.

• Jo convinced Laurie to loan her some of his uncle's money so that she could go to college.

• Jo sold her most prized possession, an autographed copy of John Keats' poems.

• Jo cut off her hair to make money so that she could help bring her sick father home.

Unlike her sisters, Beth was too shy to visit Mr Laurence's house until

• Jo told Beth that she would hide all of her yarn unless she came to visit Mr Laurence's house.

• Mr Laurence himself came to her house to say that his piano was looking for someone to play it.

• Laurie described the lavish dinners that his uncle threw and invited Beth to dine with them.

• Marmee told her she was being anti-social and forced her to pay Mr Laurence a visit.

Beth told her sisters that Mrs Hummel's baby had died in her arms and

• Mrs Hummel had asked if Beth could give her money for the funeral.

• Mrs Hummel was so upset that she had fainted.

• that she had caught scarlet fever from the baby.

• Beth now wanted to be a nurse so that she could save sick children.

Marmee told Joe that John Brooke loved Meg but would not propose to her because

• he was from a lower social class than her and didn't want to bring shame to her family.

• he knew that Meg was secretly in love with the local blacksmith.

• he planned to move to California and didn't want to separate Meg from her family.

• he didn't want to marry Meg until he could support her financially.

While shoveling snow, Laurie told Jo that he hadn't been out recently because

• he had broken his arm during a snowball fight with his tutor.

• he had a bad cold and had been stuck inside while trying to get better.

• his uncle, Mr Laurence, had forbidden him from leaving the house.

• he didn't own a winter coat and was worried that he would freeze outside.

While Jo was having fun dancing with Laurie, Meg came to say that she needed to go home because

• she was freezing and had forgotten to bring a shawl.

• she had sprained her ankle and was in pain.

• Marmee had asked them to come home before dark.

• Mrs Gardiner wasn't feeling well and wanted to end the party early.

It was Beth's idea for each sister to use her dollar to

• buy something nice for Marmee for Christmas.

• purchase school supplies for needy children.

• purchase some flowers to plant in Mr Laurence's garden.

• buy a ticket for their mother to visit their father in Washington.