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

Jennifer Lynch
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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. Where were the young men from that Laura describes in October 12, 1985?
(a) Oregon.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

2. What drug is implied in Laura's entry of October 1, 1986?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) PCP.
(c) Ecstacy.
(d) Mushrooms.

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

4. Laura's diary entries begin when she is how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of night is Laura's August 4, 1986 written?

2. What is the last name of the character Leo?

3. Who does Laura vow to be a "good person like" in the entry from August 16, 1984?

4. Where was the entry from August 11, 1984, written?

5. Laura writes in her entry on June 21, 1986, that she realizes Donna's thoughts are more what than hers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the principle examples of foreshadowing used in Laura's first diary entries? What do they foretell?

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

3. What is the basis of the source material for The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer? What is the subject of the book?

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

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

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. What does Laura describe doing on her fourteenth birthday? What has changed about her?

(see the answer keys)

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