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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 what date did Laura write of finally getting her period?
(a) August 31, 1984.
(b) August 18, 1983.
(c) July 30, 1982.
(d) September 1, 1984.

2. Whose death causes Laura grief in her entry of October 3, 1985?
(a) Her father's.
(b) Her cat's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her cousin's.

3. What is Laura's mother's name?
(a) Lyla Palmer.
(b) Doris Palmer.
(c) Alexandra Palmer.
(d) Sarah Palmer.

4. Laura fears Donna would end their friendship if she knew about what on October 3, 1985?
(a) Her drug addiction.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Sexual fantasies.
(d) Leo.

5. What is the character Bobby's last name?
(a) Hayward.
(b) Hurley.
(c) Esely.
(d) Briggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. On July 25, 1986, Laura describes her recent birthday. How old did she turn?

2. At what time is Laura's August 6, 1986, entry written?

3. How long had it been since Laura's last diary entry on April 23, 1986?

4. What does Laura write she dreamed she was in August 7, 1984?

5. What is the population of Twin Peaks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When does Laura first describe her relationship with Bobby in the narrative? How does she describe herself with Bobby?

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

6. What is the subject of Laura's entry from April 23, 1986? How long had it been since she'd written?

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

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

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

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

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