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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura complain about having frequently on July 23, 1984?

2. What physical activity is described in Laura's poem on April 24, 1986?

3. Laura writes on July 27, 1984, that she secretly enjoys her cousin's discussions of what?

4. Laura writes on August 4, 1986 that she is fully aware of what?

5. What type of tree is referred to often in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the subject of Laura's poem on November 13, 1985? Who is referenced in the poem?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Laura's relationships with Johnny Horne and Harold Smith. What similarities are there in each? What differences?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of duality in The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. How does the theme manifest in the protagonist? How in other characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Bobby Briggs. Where did Laura meet Bobby? What characteristics drew Laura to him? Why?

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