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A Day In The Life
Upperclass Girl Imagine you are a girl who lives in Lake Forest, Illinois, near the bustling city of Chicago. You live with your father, mother, and two sisters in one of the many fashionable and wealthy suburbs that began appearing during the late-nineteenth century.

What would your house have looked like?

a) A simple two room wood house.

b) A one room house made of sod.

c) A large two-story house with a yard.

d) A boarding house.