CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 

LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE 

Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not trouble herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask. She was rather surprised, therefore, when the silence remained unbroken, and Jo assumed a patronizing air, which decidedly aggravated Meg, who in turn assumed an air of dignified reserve and devoted herself to her mother. This left Jo to her own devices, for Mrs. March had taken her place as nurse, and bade her rest, exercise, and amuse herself after her long confinement. Amy being gone, Laurie was her only refuge, and much as she enjoyed his society, she rather dreaded him just then, for he was an incorrigible tease, and she feared he would coax the secret from her. 

She was quite right, for the mischief-loving lad no sooner suspected a mystery than he set himself to find it out, and led Jo a trying life of it. He wheedled, bribed, ridiculed, threatened, and scolded; affected indifference, that he might surprise the truth from her; declared he knew, then that he didn't care; and at last, by dint of perseverance, he satisfied himself that it concerned Meg and Mr. Brooke. Feeling indignant that he was not taken into his tutor's confidence, he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the name of the person that was a troublemaker?
2. Troublemaker is a good way of describing which person in the story?
3. 
Q2:
1. What is the name of the person that feared that Laurie would find out a secret from her?
2. Which person in the story feared that Laurie would find out a secret from her?
3. 
Q3:
1. What did Laurie do to try and get Jo to tell her secret?
2. Laurie used what methods in order to try to get Jo to tell him her secret?
3. 
Q4:
1. Which person did Meg devote herself to?
2. Meg devoted herself to which person?
3. 
Q5:
1. What effect did Meg devoting herself to her mother have on Jo?
2. Meg devoting herself to her mother had what effect on Jo?
3. 
Q6:
1. Did Jo find it easy to keep a secret?
2. Was it easy to keep a secret for Jo?
3. 
Q7:
1. What did Jo find difficult to do as a result of trying to keep a secret?
2. The secret that was kept by Jo made it difficult for her to do what?
3. 
Q8:
1. What is the name of the person that noticed that Jo was troubled by something?
2. The fact that Jo was troubled by something was noticed by which person?
3. 
Q9:
1. Did Meg ask Jo about what was troubling her?
2. Was Jo asked by Meg about what was troubling her?
3. 
Q10:
1. What reason did Meg have for not asking Jo what was troubling her?
2. Jo didn't ask Meg what was troubling her for what reason?
3. 
Q11:
1. Did Meg's plan of trying to get the secret out of Jo work?
2. Was Meg successful in getting the secret out of Jo?
3. 
Q12:
1. What is the name of the person that replace Jo as nurse?
2. Jo was replaced as a nurse by which person?
3. 
Q13:
1. What did Laurie do as a result of feeling that he had not been taken into his tutor's confidence?
2. As a result of feeling as if he had not been taken into his tutor's confidence, what did Laurie do?
3. 
