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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not a place where Gillette was considering taking a job?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) De Smet.

2. What was Laura's favorite exhibit at the Exposition?
(a) The Egyptian exhibit.
(b) The Indian exhibit.
(c) The Austrailia exhibit.
(d) The China exhibit.

3. What did Laura not like about the valley Rose wanted her to move to?
(a) The humidity.
(b) The heat.
(c) The insects.
(d) The smell.

4. What did Laura not like about the film about Germans?
(a) The brevity.
(b) The boredom.
(c) The broadness.
(d) The brutality.

5. Where was Pelkie from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Japan.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laura write her account of the milk condensery on?

2. What kind of musician was Rose assigned to write about?

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

4. What was the name of the farmhand helping Manly?

5. What crop was at risk if Laura stayed as long as Rose asked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the private letter about?

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

6. What did Laura write about Rolf Pelkie?

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

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

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

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

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