West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder to Almanzo Wilder Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder to Almanzo Wilder Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 large mast on an island for?

2. What did Gillette focus on while there were no newspaper jobs?

3. Where was the musician Rose wrote about from?

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

5. What inspired the thing that Laura sent Manly from Rose?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of machine did Laura see at the Fair that she thought would be beneficial to her farm?

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

4. What did Laura write about Rolf Pelkie?

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

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

7. What happened to make Rose afraid for her mother's safety?

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

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

10. What did Gillette promise to do for the Wilders when he got a good job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How did Gillette deal with his finances, and how did this affect his standing with his family members?

Essay Topic 3

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

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