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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Niles's occupation?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Pilot.
(c) Editor.
(d) Writer.

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

3. Why did Rose never go through her mother's letters?
(a) She was too sad.
(b) She was too busy.
(c) She didn't know where they were.
(d) She promised she wouldn't.

4. What was Rose's husband's name?
(a) Gaywin.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Gary.
(d) Gillette.

5. Why did Laura and her husband take jobs off of their farm?
(a) The farming was not successful.
(b) They were tired of country life.
(c) Their daughter was sick.
(d) They needed money to expand the farm.

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

7. What was Laura longing for after leaving the fruit cannery?
(a) A warm bed.
(b) Her farm.
(c) Canned fruit.
(d) Her husband.

8. Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Bonneville.
(b) Bonner.
(c) Ballington.
(d) Balboa.

9. Which of the following was a premier feature at the Exposition?
(a) The Japanese Gardens.
(b) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) The free standing statue.
(d) The Tower of Jewels.

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

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

12. How did Roger Lee MacBride know Rose?
(a) He was a cousin.
(b) He was her teacher.
(c) He was a pupil of hers.
(d) He was her executor.

13. Where was Laura when she first saw Alcatraz?
(a) The docks.
(b) The bay liner.
(c) Telegraph Hill.
(d) The street car.

14. What did Almanzo sell?
(a) Stoves.
(b) Planting seeds.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) Fabric.

15. What was Fremont Older's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Editor.
(d) Real Estate Agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Laura's favorite statue in San Francisco?

2. Which of these was not a sight to be seen from the top of Telegraph Hill?

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

4. What surprised Laura about the cannery she visited with Rose?

5. Where did Rose store her mother's letters?

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