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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 was Laura longing for after leaving the fruit cannery?
(a) Her farm.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A warm bed.
(d) Canned fruit.

2. What was an ear spoon used for?
(a) To hear better.
(b) To clean ears.
(c) To examine skulls.
(d) To clean bowls.

3. How did Laura and Rose get to Rose's house?
(a) They hired a bugy.
(b) They walked.
(c) They took a street car.
(d) They took a cab.

4. Why were there cleats on Telegraph Hill?
(a) To aid the telegraphers.
(b) To help people climb it.
(c) To disuade horses from climbing it.
(d) To mark the distance.

5. What kind of ship did the sailors that Laura and Rose saw sail on?
(a) A battleship.
(b) A navigational ship.
(c) A research ship.
(d) A fisher ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Niles take Laura to see?

3. Where did Rose store her mother's letters?

4. What did Laura and Rose watch down at the docks?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura say about the Rocky Mountains?

2. What was Laura's nickname, and why?

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

4. What did Laura and Rose see some sailors doing at the pier?

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

6. What did Niles do for a living, and what did he take Laura to see?

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

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

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

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

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