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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Laura feel about San Francisco?

3. How did Laura feel about Telegraph Hill?

4. What does the editor think was in the missing letters?

5. What was Laura longing for after leaving the fruit cannery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Laura disconcerted on her trip across the desert?

2. What did Laura, Rose, and Gillette do at the Sutro Estate?

3. How did Laura feel after her visit to a fruit cannery, and why?

4. What does Laura tell her husband to do to stay happy?

5. How did Laura describe her first view of the Pacific Ocean?

6. What was the first letter written by Laura to and about?

7. What did Laura write about her time in Chinatown?

8. What did Laura talk about in the letter she wrote while in Kansas City?

9. When the train was heading to Salt Lake, what did Laura say would have made her trip twice as fun?

10. What did Laura say she noticed about her first ferry ride?

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