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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 island had a large mast on it?
(a) Alcatraz Island.
(b) Goat Island.
(c) Boarder Island.
(d) Angel Island.

2. What was Pelkie's first name?
(a) Rolf.
(b) Rick.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Ryan.

3. What kind of cows did Laura like seeing at the fair?
(a) Black Angus cows.
(b) Steinmen Cheese cows.
(c) Carnation milk cows.
(d) Jersey cows.

4. Why did Laura not write about everything she saw at the fair?
(a) She is too tired.
(b) There was too much.
(c) There is not enough paper.
(d) She did not like a lot of what she saw.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gillette blame the lack of newspaper jobs on?

2. What was The Presidio?

3. What did Bess work on while visiting her daughter?

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

5. Why did people think Pelkie disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Laura take time to describe from the wood exhibit at the Fair, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

10. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

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