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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 name of the farmhand helping Manly?

2. What about Pelkie was never explained, according to the footnote?

3. How much did the man's hat on the street car move as he chewed after the Exposition?

4. What was in the footnote of the letter about Pelkie?

5. How many people did the largest theater in the U.S. hold at the time of this book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Laura write about Rolf Pelkie?

3. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

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

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

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

7. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

8. What did Laura assure Almanzo of at the end of her letter about finances?

9. What did Laura say was her main reason for taking the trip to San Francsico?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

Essay Topic 2

How did Rose gain her education, and what did this indicate about her personality?

Essay Topic 3

How did Rose show her ambitious spirit, and what did her parents think of this?

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