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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 did the people at The Presidio live in?
(a) Tents.
(b) Huts.
(c) Trees.
(d) Teepees.

2. How many people did the largest theater in the U.S. hold at the time of this book?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 4,000.

3. What did Bess work on while visiting her daughter?
(a) Stories.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Sketches.
(d) Poems.

4. What was the name of the farmhand helping Manly?
(a) Mr. Mill.
(b) Mr. Nall.
(c) Mr. Mall.
(d) Mr. Null.

5. Why did Laura not spend much time at the Belgian exhibit at the Exposition?
(a) She did not like it.
(b) There was not time.
(c) It was too expensive.
(d) She started feeling sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laura compare the man chewing on the street car to?

2. Why did Laura not write about everything she saw at the fair?

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

4. What did Berta do for Laura?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

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

7. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

8. What was the private letter about?

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

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

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