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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 Laura's nickname?

2. What did Laura used to do at meal times with her family?

3. What newspaper did Rose work for in California?

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

5. Where did Rose store her mother's letters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura like to see while at The Bay?

2. How did Laura describe the Great Salt Lake?

3. What made Laura so uncomfortable on the trip?

4. Who was Ed Monroe?

5. Why did Laura not like the Harvard lawyer on the train?

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

7. What did Laura, Rose, and Gillette do at the Sutro Estate?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the main changes Laura noted in her letters while traveling West, and what made these changes so exciting to Laura?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how did these instances affect the people involved in those situations?

Essay Topic 3

What were Laura's feelings about intimacy and marriage, and what events in her life led her to these ideals?

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