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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. Who does Laura vow to be a "good person like" in the entry from August 16, 1984?

3. On September 10, 1986, Laura questions why who doesn't stop BOB?

4. One of the key themes of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is what?

5. What is Laura's best friend's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Laura write of her dreams on July 23, 1984? What imagery is used?

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

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

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

6. What does Laura write attacked her in a dream on November 20, 1985? Why does she believe she is having nightmares?

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

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

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

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

Describe the setting of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. Where is Twin Peaks located? What border is nearby?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motifs of sex and drugs in The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. How does the author use these motifs to further the narrative's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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

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