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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 did Laura write about Manly purchasing?

2. What did Laura compare the place Rose wanted her to live to?

3. What was Pelkie's first name?

4. Who owed Rose a significant amount of money?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura write about Rolf Pelkie?

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

3. What about Goat Island was so intriguing to Laura?

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

5. What did Rose say in a postcard about the dog show she and Laura went to?

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

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

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

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

10. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

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

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different life-styles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the editor felt it was so important?

Essay Topic 3

What was Laura's writing process, and how did she come to create this process for herself?

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