The Little Women Series Trivia Quiz

Answer: Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy

The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, were the basis of the books. Without them, there would be no "Little Women".

Answer: Meg

Meg, the oldest, is the first sister to get married. She marries Laurie's tutor, John Brooke.

Answer: Beth

Beth is the first to die; she passes away in , "Good Wives", and is only mentioned a couple of times later in the series. She dies several years after catching scarlet fever, from which she never gets totally well.

Answer: Laurie

Amy, the youngest, marries Theodore Laurence (known as Laurie and Teddy) in Rome. He proposes to her out in a boat in the middle of the lake.

Answer: 2

They have two children, Rob and Teddy (Ted).

Answer: Nat

Nat plays the violin. He came to Plumfield after living on the streets, and he played the fiddle to make money. Later, in "Jo's Boys", he goes to London for awhile to study the violin, and plays even more beautifully than when he left.

Answer: Nan

Nan is the little nurse at Plumfield, and she actually grows up to be a doctor.

Answer: Franz

Franz, Professor Bhaer's nephew, is the oldest. When "Little Men" begins, he is 16 years old.

Answer: John Brooke

John Brooke, Meg's husband and Daisy and Demi's father, dies during the night.

Answer: Bess

Bess, Laurie's and Amy's daughter, named after Beth, Amy's sister, was always known as "Princess" and "Goldilocks" because of her golden hair and kind personality.

Answer: Dick

Dick was the poor little boy with the crooked back; he passes away between "Little Men" and "Jo's Boy's", but no one is sad because he left his handicapped body behind and suffered no more.

Answer: true

She passes on in the ten years between the two last books.

Answer: Parnassus

It is Parnassas, and it is next to Laurence College, which was the college that Laurie's grandfather founds. At the college, Prof. Bhaer is the president, and Mr. March is the chaplain.

Answer: Harvard

They attend Harvard, but sometimes wish they had stayed at home and attended Laurence College.

Answer: manslaughter

Dan was arrested for killing another man. He had made a new friend who was gambling, and the man he killed was trying to cheat Dan's gambling friend. He threw a punch at Dan, and Dan hit him back, and he hit his head on the stove and died.

Answer: false

Tommy does not marry Nan, as one can infer from reading the beginning of the book. Tommy marries Dora West, a cute young lady that he met while on a trip with Demi. Nan does not get married, but remains single and takes care of her sisters.

Answer: he gets shot

He gets shot fighting with the Indians (on their side).

Answer: yes

After Nat gets back from London at the end of "Jo's Boys", they get married.

Answer: She becomes an actress

Josie finally becomes an actress, after getting some pointers from Miss Cameron when she spent a month with her at the seashore. Also, Bess becomes an artist.

Answer: "...let the music stop, the lights die out, and the curtain fall forever on the March family."

Even though "...let the music stop, the lights die out, and the curtain fall forever on the March family" is the correct answer, all of the statements are true. We will always remember them in our hearts as long as we live because this is simply a great story.