Read the excerpt from Little Women."I’ll try and be what he loves to call me, ‘a little woman’ and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else,” said Jo, thinking that keeping her temper at home was a much harder task than facing a rebel or two down South.
Answer
A
Jo says she will try to be less harsh and to be a “little woman,” as her father calls her. She will take care of her responsibilities at home instead of longing to be elsewhere. She thinks that managing her behavior at home will be more difficult than fighting in the war.
B
Jo realizes that her father wants her to be a “little woman” and not behave as poorly as she has in the past. She resolves to stop wanting to go fight in the war and to put more effort into taking care of her assigned duties at home.
C
Jo shows maturity when she decides to behave more like a “little woman,” as her father calls her, and to be less harsh in her behavior. She intends to focus on her duties at home instead of wanting to fight in the war. She thinks that behaving at home will be more difficult than fighting in the war.
D
Jo says that she will try to be what her father loves to call her, a “little woman,” and not be so rough and wild. She says she will take care of her duties at home instead of thinking about being somewhere else. She thinks that controlling her temper at home will be a harder task than facing rebels.
Explanation
Jo promises to be less “rough and wild,” do her duties at home, and stop wishing she were somewhere else. She also thinks keeping her temper at home will be harder than facing rebels. Choice D preserves these details most closely; the other choices add interpretations or change some of the wording.
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