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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 Niles's occupation?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Editor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Engineer.

2. Which of the following was a premier feature at the Exposition?
(a) The Japanese Gardens.
(b) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) The Tower of Jewels.
(d) The free standing statue.

3. What year did Laura take her trip to visit Rose?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1915.

4. What hill did Rose live on in San Francisco?
(a) French Hill.
(b) Spanish Hill.
(c) German Hill.
(d) Russian Hill.

5. When was this book edited?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What attribute of San Francisco was Laura most drawn to?

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

5. How much would Laura be paid to write short stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Laura describe the Great Salt Lake?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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