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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 Presidio?

2. What branch of the military was Gillette's friend in?

3. What did Laura send literature about to Manly about after her visit to the fair?

4. How many children had the musician Rose wrote about adopted?

5. What did Laura say all men have a fondness for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

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

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

7. How did Rose introduce her mother to her friends, and how did Laura respond to this?

8. What did Laura write about Rolf Pelkie?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Who were some of the famous people that Rose came in contact with in her career, and how did her interactions with these people change her life?

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