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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 crop was at risk if Laura stayed as long as Rose asked?
(a) The barley crop.
(b) The wheat crop.
(c) The potato crop.
(d) The apple crop.

2. What inspired the thing that Laura sent Manly from Rose?
(a) The water.
(b) The Fair.
(c) The Exposition.
(d) The fog.

3. Why did Laura spend most of her time at the Exposition with Gillette?
(a) Gillette was excited.
(b) They couldn't afford three tickets.
(c) Rose was working.
(d) Rose was sick.

4. What did Berta do for Laura?
(a) Illustrated her stories.
(b) Took her on tours.
(c) Taught her to make sourdough.
(d) Entertained her when Rose was busy.

5. What was stolen from Laura's farm while she was gone?
(a) Seedlings.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laura say all men have a fondness for?

2. What company owned the milk condensery that Laura toured?

3. Where was the Keen Kutter exhibit placed?

4. What would Almanzo have to do if Laura decided to stay as long as Rose asked?

5. Why was the musician Rose wrote about discharged from the Army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura assure Almanzo of at the end of her letter about finances?

2. What is the only negative comment Laura made about Gillette?

3. What did Laura say about her life after seeing how hard Rose worked at her own job?

4. What was a big threat to the vineyard owners in the Santa Clara Valley?

5. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

6. Why did Rose tell her father she would keep her mother away from scones for a while?

7. What happened to make Rose afraid for her mother's safety?

8. What did the editor say about Rolf Pelkie in a footnote?

9. What did Gillette promise to do for the Wilders when he got a good job?

10. What did Laura say was her main reason for taking the trip to San Francsico?

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