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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 does Laura write "watches over her" in the entry from August 11, 1984?
(a) A female deer.
(b) A wild rabbit.
(c) A boy owl.
(d) A sleepy bird.

2. At what time is Laura's August 6, 1986, entry written?
(a) 10:10 PM.
(b) 3:00 AM.
(c) 4:47 AM.
(d) 3:30 AM.

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

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

5. On October 1, 1986, Laura writes that Bobby took her to whose house?
(a) Peter's.
(b) James'.
(c) Leo's.
(d) Jacques'.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Laura writes of her discovery of what on September 9, 1984?

5. Whose murder was the central focus of the television series upon which the book is based?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the major thematic elements in Part 5, August 3, 1986 to October 1, 1986. How do these reflect the protagonist?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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