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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) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

2. What swoops over Laura as she leaves the woods on November 20, 1985?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Owls.
(c) Birds.
(d) Bats.

3. What almost attacked Laura, as she describes on July 25, 1986?
(a) An owl.
(b) A snake.
(c) A bat.
(d) A hawk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On August 6, 1986, Laura compares BOB to the inevitability of what?

2. What was the name of the fan magazine based around "Twin Peaks"?

3. Where does Laura write that "he" takes her on June 22, 1986, at night?

4. What border lies nearby Laura Palmer's home town?

5. Whom does Laura write she hopes is still her friend on April 24, 1986?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Laura describe for the first time in her entry from June 22, 1986? What is detailed?

6. What did Laura describe happening with the Canadian boys on October 20, 1985?

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

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

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

10. Describe the thematic and symbolic elements which begin to emerge in the narrative in Laura's 14th year. What themes emerge?

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