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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. On the day Laura uncharacteristically skips school, what does she do at home all day since her parents are gone at a convention?
(a) She watches television.
(b) She organizes her bedroom.
(c) She drinks alcohol.
(d) She paints a portrait of BOB.

2. What is the only reason Laura agrees to start treating Bobby like a real boyfriend?
(a) Because then Laura's mom will not worry about her so much.
(b) Because Johnny tells Laura that he thinks it would be a good idea.
(c) Because he agrees to sell cocaine for Leo.
(d) Because Bobby says that if she does, he will do all of her homework for her.

3. When it proves too cold for Laura to write her fantasy down in the diary outside, where does she go to write instead?
(a) Donna's house.
(b) The Book House.
(c) The Roadhouse Tavern.
(d) The Double R Diner.

4. When Laura begins to put on sexual shows for others, what does she say she is thinking about during those shows?
(a) Her mom's worried face.
(b) Donna's boyfriend Mike.
(c) BOB's shock.
(d) An audience of a hundred people watching her.

5. Who does Laura say is the only girl besides Donna whom she has seen naked?
(a) Paula.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Ronnette.
(d) Audrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that the man Bobby shot says to Bobby within Laura's dream?

2. What lie does Bobby tell Laura's parents when he calls her house on the night they go with Leo to the drug dealer's house?

3. How long does Laura wait before she finds out whether Leo and Bobby are alive or dead inside the drug dealer's house?

4. Where does Laura say she wants to go once she, Leo, and Bobby arrive at Leo's house with a kilo of cocaine?

5. On New Year's Eve, Bobby tells Laura that he wants them to be together because they like each other and not for what other reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the only dream Laura has about her dad?

2. What retort does BOB give to Laura's idea to call the police and tell them about the abuse BOB is inflicting on her?

3. How does Laura feel after the party at which she won a sexual bet and hung around with people ten years older?

4. How is the theme of appearance versus reality evident in the scene in which Laura has just finished working on Donna's jacket and her mom comes into her room?

5. What types of pictures in Fleshworld magazine bother Laura?

6. What is the significance of the list of 40 sets of initials within Laura's diary?

7. Discuss the meaning of Laura's poem on page 128 entitled "In the Eyes of the Visitor."

8. What offer does Laura make to BOB in an attempt to make him go away forever?

9. What is Laura's relationship with Johnny?

10. What is the significance of the incident in which Laura runs over a little girl's cat?

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