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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Laura feel about San Francisco?
(a) She found it interesting.
(b) She hated it.
(c) She loved it.
(d) She was afraid of it.

2. What was the Panama Pacific International Exposition celebrating?
(a) The anniversary of a great battle.
(b) The end of a war.
(c) The completion of the Panama canal.
(d) A new treaty signed.

3. What did Almanzo sell?
(a) Fabric.
(b) Kerosene.
(c) Stoves.
(d) Planting seeds.

4. What year did Laura take her trip to visit Rose?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1915.

5. What was Ed Monroe's occupation before he met Laura?
(a) Thief.
(b) Beggar.
(c) Bounty hunter.
(d) Detective.

6. Why did Almanzo give Laura a nick-name?
(a) There were too many Laura's in the town.
(b) Because he did not like her name.
(c) To distinguish her from his sister named Laura.
(d) He wanted to make her feel special.

7. Why did Laura and her husband take jobs off of their farm?
(a) They needed money to expand the farm.
(b) They were tired of country life.
(c) The farming was not successful.
(d) Their daughter was sick.

8. Why did Rose never go through her mother's letters?
(a) She was too busy.
(b) She promised she wouldn't.
(c) She didn't know where they were.
(d) She was too sad.

9. How did Laura describe the ocean?
(a) Strong.
(b) Fierce.
(c) Beyond description.
(d) Intimidating.

10. What did the sailors that Rose and Laura have as a pet?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A pony.
(d) A goat.

11. Whose idea was it for Laura to come to San Francisco?
(a) Rose's.
(b) Roger's.
(c) Almanzo.
(d) Laura's.

12. What was the title of Part Two of this book?
(a) Off the Train.
(b) The First Leg.
(c) California.
(d) San Francisco.

13. What street did Rose live on in San Francisco?
(a) Valiant Street.
(b) Vera Cruz Street.
(c) Vallejo Street.
(d) Varsity Street.

14. What did Rose say she and Laura would do when she was not working?
(a) Talk.
(b) Be together.
(c) Play.
(d) Catch up.

15. What was Rose's husband's name?
(a) Gaywin.
(b) Gary.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Gillette.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Rose offer to pay for every week of Laura's visit?

2. How did Rose educate herself?

3. Where did Rose take Laura when she first got to San Francisco?

4. How old was Rose when Laura came to visit her?

5. Which of these was not a sight to be seen from the top of Telegraph Hill?

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