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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rose store her mother's letters?
(a) A barrell.
(b) A box.
(c) An envelope.
(d) A chest.

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

3. What was Rose's first writing job?
(a) A newsletter poet.
(b) A biographer.
(c) A newspaper columnist.
(d) A telegraph writer.

4. What was the occupation of most of the people in the Italian tenement?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Coal miners.
(c) Chefs.
(d) Railroad workers.

5. What does the editor think was in the missing letters?
(a) The invitation.
(b) Instructions.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Plans for the trip.

6. What attribute of San Francisco was Laura most drawn to?
(a) Its colors.
(b) Its history.
(c) Its beauty.
(d) Its people.

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

8. What was Laura most excited to see for the first time in San Francisco?
(a) A seagull.
(b) A streetcar.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) Rose's husband.

9. What did Laura used to do at meal times with her family?
(a) Talk about her day.
(b) Read to them.
(c) Sew for her job.
(d) Sing to them.

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

11. Where was Laura when she first saw Alcatraz?
(a) Telegraph Hill.
(b) The street car.
(c) The docks.
(d) The bay liner.

12. What was Beachey the first man to ever do?
(a) Fly across the state of California.
(b) Circumnavigate the globe.
(c) Loop the loop on a plane.
(d) Walk the wings of a plane.

13. What hill did Rose live on in San Francisco?
(a) French Hill.
(b) Spanish Hill.
(c) German Hill.
(d) Russian Hill.

14. Where was Laura walking when she met some sailors?
(a) The bay liner.
(b) Telegraph Hill.
(c) A pier.
(d) The docks.

15. Who wrote the first letter in the book?
(a) Almanzo.
(b) Laura.
(c) Lane.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Panama Pacific International Exposition celebrating?

2. What was the title of Part Two of this book?

3. How did Roger Lee MacBride know Rose?

4. What newspaper did Rose work for in California?

5. What season did Laura take her trip to visit Rose?

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