Louisa May Alcott: An Outstanding 'Little Woman'

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1. Unlike her famous March family, Louisa's own family was extremely affluent. True False

2. Louisa's teachers included which of the following? Susan B. Anthony Charles Darwin Henry David Thoreau Millard Fillmore

3. Where was Louisa born? Wolcott, CT Germantown, PA Clayville, NY Boston, MA

4. Louisa was related to Samuel Joseph May, the well-known abolitionist. True False

5. The works which Louisa wrote under a pseudonym are considered to be of what genre? Shakespearean-esque sonnets Victorian romances Gothic potboilers Biographical essays

6. One of Louisa's later works, "Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag", is comprised of 10 volumes. True False

7. Which of the following is NOT a work by Louisa May Alcott? "Sung Under the Silver Umbrella" "Rose in Bloom" "Eight Cousins" "Lulu's Library"

8. Louisa and her sister, Anna, along with five other women, voted in the first election in Concord, MA where women were allowed to vote. For what position did they cast this historic vote? the state's senator the town's alderman the town's dogcatcher the state's representative

9. Which of the following tasks did Louisa perform during the Civil War? She was a volunteer, reading to soldiers who had been blinded She was an Army nurse, tending wounded soldiers She was a Red Cross member, driving an ambulance wagon She was an infantry soldier, carrying a rifle on the front line

10. What are Louisa's last words said to have been? "Is 'Little Women' now in a second printing?" "Is it not meningitis?" "Who won the war?" "Does my father yet live?"