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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 write it seems she hasn't done in years on June 21, 1986?

2. What did Laura vow to do before anyone could hurt her on November 20, 1985?

3. Who does Laura write torments her on June 22, 1986?

4. What is Laura Palmer's birthday?

5. What is the title of the poem Laura wrote on November 13, 1985?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Laura describe in the entry from September 11, 1986? When was it written?

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

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

8. What did Laura describe happening with the Canadian boys on October 20, 1985?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Laura and Donna's experience with the Canadian boys. Where did they meet? What took place?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jennifer Lynch's use of symbolism and metaphor in The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. What is significant about owls, the woods, and other supernatural elements?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrative style of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. What is the voice and tense of the novel?

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