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

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

3. How old was Laura when she got married?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

4. How did Roger Lee MacBride know Rose?
(a) He was a cousin.
(b) He was a pupil of hers.
(c) He was her executor.
(d) He was her teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rose's married name?

2. What did Almanzo sell?

3. Where was Laura when she first saw Alcatraz?

4. Why were there cleats on Telegraph Hill?

5. How did Rose describe the moments she spent at home with her parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Laura not like the Harvard lawyer on the train?

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

5. What made Laura so uncomfortable on the trip?

6. Where did Laura first spend a night on her trip, and why?

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

8. What was the most interesting thing Laura encountered when she visited some farms with Gillette?

9. Who built Rose's house, and why was this so significant?

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

(see the answer keys)

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