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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 Rose writing about when she visited the Exposition?
(a) International relations.
(b) The War.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) The railroad.

2. What kind of arrangement did Bess know her husband would like to see?
(a) Lumber yards.
(b) Boats.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Flowers.

3. What company owned the milk condensery that Laura toured?
(a) Carnation.
(b) Nanna.
(c) Camilla.
(d) Nestle.

4. Where did Rose hope her parents would like living?
(a) San Rosa Valley.
(b) Santa Clara Valley.
(c) Mill Valley.
(d) Napa Valley.

5. What was in the footnote of the letter about Pelkie?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He was an American spy, not German.
(c) He was not really German.
(d) He was not a spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bess like to watch while on Telegraph Hill?

2. What did Laura send literature about to Manly about after her visit to the fair?

3. What was The Presidio?

4. Where was the Keen Kutter exhibit placed?

5. What did Laura not like about the film about Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

2. What was the private letter about?

3. How did Rose introduce her mother to her friends, and how did Laura respond to this?

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

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

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

7. Why did Laura mark one of her letters as private?

8. What was so interesting about the watch seen on a sight seeing trip?

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

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

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