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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Laura's farm?
(a) Happy Trails.
(b) Cedar Pass.
(c) Rocky Ridge.
(d) Applewood Grove.

2. How did Rose educate herself?
(a) She attended classes.
(b) She wrote.
(c) She learned from her mother.
(d) She read.

3. How did Laura usually feel about cities?
(a) She hated them.
(b) She found them interesting.
(c) She loved them.
(d) She was scared of them.

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

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

6. What job was Rose one of the first women to hold?
(a) Train conductor.
(b) Newpaper editor.
(c) Real estate agent.
(d) Company executive.

7. How much would Laura be paid to write short stories?
(a) $50 a week.
(b) $50 a month.
(c) $50 for well received articles.
(d) $50 a story.

8. What was Fremont Older's occupation?
(a) Real Estate Agent.
(b) Editor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Mentor.

9. Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Bonner.
(b) Bonneville.
(c) Balboa.
(d) Ballington.

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

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

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

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

14. What was Laura's nickname?
(a) Bess.
(b) Mama.
(c) Loo.
(d) Sweets.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Rose and her husband take Laura to walk for a few miles?

4. What was Ed Monroe's occupation before he met Laura?

5. What was happening in San Francisco at the same time as the Panama Pacific International Exposition?

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