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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. Laura questions on June 22, 1986 whether who has something to do with her relationship to BOB?

2. In what year is the first entry of "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" written?

3. On August 6, 1986, Laura compares BOB to the inevitability of what?

4. What border lies nearby Laura Palmer's home town?

5. Laura's diary entries begin when she is how old?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Laura question about religion on August 7, 1984? How does this tie to the narrative's themes?

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

4. To whom does Laura write directly in her entry from September 15, 1984? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 role that BOB plays in the narrative's plot. Who and what is BOB? What is his relationship to the protagonist?

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