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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 the man on the street car chewing after the Exposition?
(a) Rubber bands.
(b) Beef Jerky.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Chewing tobacco.

2. How much did Laura say the trip back to Missouri would cost?
(a) $5.
(b) $15.
(c) $10.
(d) $20.

3. What was the musician Rose wrote about sending all of his money to support?
(a) Wounded soldiers.
(b) European artists.
(c) Aremenian orphanages.
(d) His little sister's family.

4. What powered the Keen Kutter exhibit?
(a) Manual motors.
(b) Water power.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Steam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took Laura to The Presidio?

2. What was stolen from Laura's farm while she was gone?

3. How did Laura feel about the Charlie Chaplin film she saw?

4. What about Pelkie was never explained, according to the footnote?

5. Where did Laura later publish her description of the Exposition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

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

7. What kind of machine did Laura see at the Fair that she thought would be beneficial to her farm?

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

9. Why did Laura ask her husband to send all further mail to Rose's house?

10. What injury did Laura incur while in San Francisco?

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