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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. Who does Laura have a planned meeting with on August 10, 1988?

2. How many women were brought to Laura after she was blindfolded in the November 13, 1987 entry?

3. What little girl did Laura write of encountering in the November 12, 1987 entry?

4. What is the name of the magazine contest Laura plans on entering in the January 20, 1988 entry?

5. Who did Laura receive a phone call from on March 10, 1988 about her horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Laura's abortion in terms of style/theme?

2. What dream-like conversation does Laura describe with her father? When did it take place?

3. What does Laura describe in her entry from October 3 1986? What kind of language is used?

4. What drug exchange does Laura describe on November 12, 1987? What happened?

5. How does the theme of duality manifest in Part 8, December 16, 1987 to Christmas Eve Day, 1987 - Later?

6. Where does Laura write she had begun working on April 7, 1988? What does she say of her relationship?

7. What structural shift takes place in the narrative in Part 9, January 3 1988 to April 7, 1988?

8. What is found in the text following Laura's April 7, 1988 entry?

9. What is significant about BOB's entering the narrative in Part 6, October 3 1986 to April 2, 1987?

10. What activity does Laura describe undertaking on December 21, 1987? How does she feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the source material for The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. Where were the characters and the setting developed and by whom?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Leland Palmer, Doc Hayward, and Benjamin Horne. How do these father figures relate to one another? What are their differences?

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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