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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 3, 1986-December 16, 1987.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Laura's mom tell about Laura at a dinner party that deeply embarrasses Laura and makes her wary of telling her things in the future?
(a) A story about Laura sleepwalking, taking off all of her clothes, and putting her clothes in the oven.
(b) A story about Laura's fear of sand when she was a little girl.
(c) A story about Laura spreading butter all over herself as a young child.
(d) A story about Laura hooting like an owl in her sleep.

2. What is NOT one thing Laura says reminds her of cocaine?
(a) The highway.
(b) A snowstorm.
(c) A dash of baby powder.
(d) A straw.

3. What action does Laura realize makes her nightmares seem less scary?
(a) Telling Donna about them.
(b) Telling her mom about them.
(c) Drawing pictures of them.
(d) Writing about them.

4. Maddy's advice to Laura about life is that there are lots of things in life that do not seem right at first. What does she say eventually happens?
(a) People start to trust that the universe has their best interests in mind.
(b) People seek out solutions and others help them see the reasons for every event in life.
(c) People move on to a new problem and cease caring about the previous thing that did not seem right.
(d) People settle into them after a while.

5. After Leo, Laura, and Bobby speed away from the drug dealer's house amidst a hail of gunfire, what does Laura see that causes her to panic again?
(a) Bobby tells her he has forgotten his pistol in the house.
(b) The truck runs out of gas.
(c) The road up ahead is closed.
(d) There is a stranger in the bed of the truck fighting with Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main reason during the Christmas vacation of 1985 that Laura is looking forward to school starting again?

2. After the biting dream, Laura promises that she will be good and do everything she is supposed to do, just like what other character?

3. When Maddy tells Donna and Laura what it is like to have a period, what is NOT one thing she mentions?

4. What does Laura say she would do if she could fly?

5. What song does Laura's mom sing to her when she cannot sleep or when she has bad dreams?

(see the answer key)

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