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

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

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

4. Where did Rose and her husband take Laura to walk for a few miles?
(a) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) Trafalgar Square.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Sutro Estate.

5. Which of these was not a sight to be seen from the top of Telegraph Hill?
(a) The state capital.
(b) The Bay.
(c) Oakland.
(d) Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Niles's occupation?

3. Why were there cleats on Telegraph Hill?

4. What was Beachey the first man to ever do?

5. What was Laura's favorite statue in San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Laura told she would need while she was in Springfield, and what did she do about this?

4. Who was Ed Monroe?

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

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

7. What did Laura say about the Rocky Mountains?

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

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

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

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