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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 compare the place Rose wanted her to live to?

2. How much was Rose giving Laura each week in return for help on her writing?

3. What was sold at the Keen Kutter exhibit?

4. Who owed Rose a significant amount of money?

5. What did the people at The Presidio live in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Laura write about Rolf Pelkie?

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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