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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 send from Rose for Manly to read?

2. What did Berta do for Laura?

3. Why did Laura not spend much time at the Belgian exhibit at the Exposition?

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

5. Where could the large mast on an island off of San Francisco reach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura like best about Berkeley?

2. What happened to make Rose afraid for her mother's safety?

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

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

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

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

7. What was the private letter about?

8. What did Laura think about the Kreislers?

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

10. What did Laura say about her life after seeing how hard Rose worked at her own job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How did Laura's experience at the World Fair change her life for both good and bad?

Essay Topic 3

How did Gillette deal with his finances, and how did this affect his standing with his family members?

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