The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jennifer Lynch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jennifer Lynch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How old was Laura when she lost her virginity?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

2. What did Laura hope would leave her alone on December 16, 1985?
(a) Owls.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Bobby.

3. Where did Laura lose her virginity?
(a) Her living room.
(b) The woods.
(c) Her boyfriend's house.
(d) Her bedroom.

4. What is Laura's cat's name?
(a) Cleo.
(b) Troy.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Java.

5. On August 6, 1986, Laura compares BOB to the inevitability of what?
(a) The sunset.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) The winter.
(d) The spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her September 11, 1986, entry, Laura writes of longing for whom?

2. Whose friendship does Laura write seems to be deteriorating on April 23, 1986?

3. What does Laura write "watches over her" in the entry from August 11, 1984?

4. What did Laura decide to do with the diary after December 16, 1985?

5. Laura writes that she worries of being thought of as what on July 23, 1984?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is established stylistically in the first entries of the book? What is notable of the narrative voice?

2. What themes arise in Laura's entries from Part 3, October 3 1985 to December 16, 1985? What motifs?

3. What imagery does Laura use in describing her dream on August 7 1984? What foreshadowing is indicated?

4. Describe the change in narrative style in Part 5, August 3, 1986 to October 1, 1986. What causes the change?

5. To whom does Laura write directly in her entry from September 15, 1984? Why?

6. Where does Laura write the entry from August 11, 1984? What watches over her?

7. Describe Laura's poem from July 29, 1984. Who is the subject of the poem?

8. When and where does Laura write her entry from August 6, 1986?

9. What did Laura do when Bobby told her he loved her? Why?

10. Whose death does Laura mourn in the entries from October 3, 1985? What is the subject of these entries?

(see the answer keys)

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