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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. The drug dealer that Laura met through Leo is from where?
2. The drug dealer in Laura's dream tells her she and Bobby will go where?
3. Laura writes on December 23, 1987, that she was able to save money because she no longer needed to spend it on what?
4. On February 3, 1987, Laura writes of her desperate longing for what?
5. Where does Laura describe the sentimental moment with her family in "Christmas Eve Day, 1987"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Laura leaves to get food in her entry from November 12, 1987?
2. Who visits Laura in her dreams on December 14, 1986? What happens in this confrontation?
3. Where does Laura write she had begun working on April 7, 1988? What does she say of her relationship?
4. What changes has Laura's character undergone in Part 6, October 3 1986 to April 2, 1987?
5. Who did Laura call looking for drugs on December 23, 1987? Where did she find them?
6. Who does Laura describe meeting at the diner on Christmas Eve Day, 1987?
7. Who interrupts Laura's writing on February 3, 1987? What is said?
8. What activity does Laura describe undertaking on December 21, 1987? How does she feel about it?
9. What does Laura describe in her entry from October 3 1986? What kind of language is used?
10. Who does Laura write of disliking in her April 10, 1988 entry? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the characters of Maddy and Ronnette Pulaski. What similarities do these young women share? What is each ones relationship to Laura Palmer?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Laura's relationships with Johnny Horne and Harold Smith. What similarities are there in each? What differences?
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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