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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Panama Pacific International Exposition celebrating?

2. What was happening in San Francisco at the same time as the Panama Pacific International Exposition?

3. What was Fremont Older's occupation?

4. What attribute of San Francisco was Laura most drawn to?

5. What was Laura most excited to see for the first time in San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most interesting thing Laura encountered when she visited some farms with Gillette?

2. What did Laura talk about in the letter she wrote while in Kansas City?

3. What did Laura write about her time in Chinatown?

4. What does Laura tell her husband to do to stay happy?

5. Who built Rose's house, and why was this so significant?

6. What made Laura disconcerted on her trip across the desert?

7. Where did Laura first spend a night on her trip, and why?

8. What kind of farm did Gillette take Laura to, and why?

9. What made Laura so uncomfortable on the trip?

10. What did Niles do for a living, and what did he take Laura to see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What did the title of this book mean? How was it significant to Laura's life and writings?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Laura and Rose have such a strong bond, and how did this relationship change Rose's life?

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