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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. What was in the footnote of the letter about Pelkie?
(a) He was not a spy.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He was an American spy, not German.
(d) He was not really German.

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

3. What did Bess like to watch while on Telegraph Hill?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The traffic.
(c) The boats.
(d) The birds.

4. What inspired the thing that Laura sent Manly from Rose?
(a) The Fair.
(b) The fog.
(c) The Exposition.
(d) The water.

5. What powered the Keen Kutter exhibit?
(a) Water power.
(b) Steam.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Manual motors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What about Pelkie was never explained, according to the footnote?

3. What was Laura's favorite exhibit at the Exposition?

4. Why did Laura not write about everything she saw at the fair?

5. What was Pelkie's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the private letter about?

2. What did Gillette promise to do for the Wilders when he got a good job?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the only negative comment Laura made about Gillette?

8. How did Laura describe the fog horns?

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

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

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