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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 is the name of the television show that the characters and events of the book originated from?
(a) "The X-Files."
(b) "Mork and Mindy."
(c) "Northern Exposure."
(d) "Twin Peaks."

2. What does Laura write it seems she hasn't done in years on June 21, 1986?
(a) Cried.
(b) Sung.
(c) Written.
(d) Laughed.

3. What type of tree is referred to often in the narrative?
(a) Pine.
(b) Oak.
(c) Hemlock.
(d) Sycamore.

4. What does Laura write she dreamed she was in August 7, 1984?
(a) Abandoned.
(b) Flying.
(c) Pregnant.
(d) Dead.

5. How long had it been since Laura's last diary entry on April 23, 1986?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of Twin Peaks?

2. Where is Laura's "secret hiding place?"

3. How old was Laura when she lost her virginity?

4. When is the first time Laura writes with shock and anger that she knows someone read her diary?

5. Who does Laura describe losing her virginity to on October 1, 1986?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the symbolism in Laura and Donna's friendship as it evolves in Part 4, April 23, 1986 to July 25, 1986. How does it tie into the narrative's themes?

2. What is the subject of Laura's poem on April 24, 1986? How does this entry end?

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

4. What does Laura describe in her first diary entry? What occasion begins the narrative?

5. What does Laura question about religion on August 7, 1984? How does this tie to the narrative's themes?

6. What characteristics of Laura's are essential and interconnected to the plot of the narrative?

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

8. What does Laura write of her dreams on July 23, 1984? What imagery is used?

9. What does Laura write attacked her in a dream on November 20, 1985? Why does she believe she is having nightmares?

10. What does the death of Laura's cat foreshadow in the narrative? How?

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