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

2. Who does Laura later discover gave her the pony on her birthday?
(a) Donna.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Benjamin Horne.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laura's mother's name?

2. Whose friendship does Laura write seems to be deteriorating on April 23, 1986?

3. What drug does Laura write of longing for on June 21, 1986?

4. What did Laura do when her boyfriend told her he loved her, as written on October 1, 1986?

5. What was Laura attacked by in her dream on October 20, 1985?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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