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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 21, 1987-April 10, 1988.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Johnny speaks his very first full sentence to Laura at the end of their very special day together, what does he say?
(a) "Thank you for being my friend" (131).
(b) "I love you, Laura" (131).
(c) "Make me a peanut butter sandwich" (131).
(d) "Please come back soon" (131).

2. Where does Laura say she wants to go once she, Leo, and Bobby arrive at Leo's house with a kilo of cocaine?
(a) To Cash and Carry.
(b) To Safeway.
(c) To the Book House.
(d) To her house.

3. What does Laura give Donna for Christmas?
(a) She embellishes Donna's own denim jacket with beads and thread.
(b) She cleans her whole room for two Saturdays in a row.
(c) She gives her a fluffy sweater.
(d) She gives her a bottle of her favorite perfume.

4. When Laura masturbates on her fourteenth birthday and BOB does not appear, Laura says she has won. What has she won?
(a) She has learned how to have pleasure without BOB's presence.
(b) She has misbehaved without getting caught.
(c) She has made it to her fourteenth birthday alive.
(d) She has taken control of her own sexuality.

5. What does Laura do for her fourteenth birthday?
(a) She goes to the Book House for coffee.
(b) She goes to the woods by herself where she usually meets BOB.
(c) She and Donna go to the movies.
(d) She has a big party at her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laura writes in her diary that when BOB used to cut her when she was younger, he would say a specific thing to her when she bled. What was it?

2. When Laura says she cannot allow herself to feel sorry for Leo's wife Shelley, what reason does she give?

3. When Laura writes that she must go Christmas shopping the following day and has no idea what to buy for anyone, she says she wants only one thing for Christmas. What is it?

4. In addition to having more money, what reason does Laura give for wanting to get a job that will pay her every two weeks?

5. When Laura wakes up from a dream in which BOB told her that she would not have any sexual knowledge without him, what is NOT one feeling she has when she awakes?

(see the answer key)

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