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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 apple crop.
(b) The wheat crop.
(c) The potato crop.
(d) The barley crop.

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

3. How many children had the musician Rose wrote about adopted?
(a) 43.
(b) 23.
(c) 33.
(d) 13.

4. What was Laura's favorite exhibit at the Exposition?
(a) The Egyptian exhibit.
(b) The Indian exhibit.
(c) The China exhibit.
(d) The Austrailia exhibit.

5. How much was Rose giving Laura each week in return for help on her writing?
(a) $4.
(b) $3.
(c) $5.
(d) $6.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Laura's train ticket expire?

2. Why did Laura spend most of her time at the Exposition with Gillette?

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

4. Who helped Bess with what she was working on while visiting her daughter?

5. What did Laura write her account of the milk condensery on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the private letter about?

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

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

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

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

10. What did Kreisler say about the treatment of soldiers in his unit?

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