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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food in San Francisco did Laura not like?
(a) Seafood.
(b) Chinese food.
(c) Mexican food.
(d) Indian food.

2. What did Rose say she and Laura would do when she was not working?
(a) Talk.
(b) Play.
(c) Be together.
(d) Catch up.

3. When was this book edited?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1953.

4. What was Rose's first writing job?
(a) A telegraph writer.
(b) A biographer.
(c) A newspaper columnist.
(d) A newsletter poet.

5. What kind of ship did the sailors that Laura and Rose saw sail on?
(a) A research ship.
(b) A navigational ship.
(c) A fisher ship.
(d) A battleship.

6. What was Laura's middle name?
(a) Emily.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Ann.
(d) Alice.

7. What could be seen from Rose's house?
(a) The factory.
(b) The gardens.
(c) The bridge.
(d) The Bay.

8. What hill did Rose live on in San Francisco?
(a) German Hill.
(b) Russian Hill.
(c) Spanish Hill.
(d) French Hill.

9. What season did Laura take her trip to visit Rose?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

10. Where did Rose and her husband take Laura to walk for a few miles?
(a) Sutro Estate.
(b) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Trafalgar Square.

11. What was Beachey the first man to ever do?
(a) Circumnavigate the globe.
(b) Walk the wings of a plane.
(c) Fly across the state of California.
(d) Loop the loop on a plane.

12. What was Almanzo's nick name?
(a) Manly.
(b) Zo.
(c) Al.
(d) Manzo.

13. What did Laura call the sight that could be seen from Rose's house?
(a) A monument.
(b) A blessing and curse.
(c) A fairy land.
(d) A piece of Eden.

14. What was Rose's married name?
(a) Larson.
(b) Lawson.
(c) Ling.
(d) Lane.

15. What did Niles take Laura to see?
(a) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) The Alcatraz Prison.
(c) The Tower of Jewels.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Laura most excited to see for the first time in San Francisco?

2. How did Roger Lee MacBride know Rose?

3. What was the name of Laura's farm?

4. Why were there cleats on Telegraph Hill?

5. How did Rose educate herself?

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