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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 her account of the milk condensery on?

2. What powered the Keen Kutter exhibit?

3. Why did Laura spend most of her time at the Exposition with Gillette?

4. Why did people think Pelkie disappeared?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

5. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

6. How did Laura describe the fog horns?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Many different people in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What were some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Laura and Rose have such a strong bond, and how did this relationship change Rose's life?

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