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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 reason does Laura give when she says she does not think she would make a good mother?
(a) She says that too many bad things happen to her sometimes at night, referring to the sexual abuse.
(b) She says that children remind her of the innocence she has lost.
(c) She says that she does not like the naïveté of children.
(d) She says that she does not like boys but that she considers it necessary for a child to have a father.

2. On the day of her cousin Maddy's arrival, why does Laura not accompany her father to pick Mandy up from the station?
(a) She is too nervous so she stays home to calm herself down.
(b) She sleeps in and her mom will not let her dad wake her up.
(c) Her dad gets tired of waiting for her to get ready, so he leaves without her.
(d) She stays home to decorate the house for a welcome party.

3. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about owls?
(a) That they are wise.
(b) That they are sometimes big.
(c) That they can tell the future.
(d) That they are dangerous.

4. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about children?
(a) That they are just smaller versions of adults.
(b) That they grow up too fast.
(c) That they are not as innocent as they seem.
(d) That they are prey sometimes.

5. What does Bobby call Laura's parents?
(a) Folks.
(b) The Fam.
(c) Mr and Mrs. Palmer.
(d) Mom and Dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is distinctive about the writing in the diary when it is BOB writing, rather than Laura?

2. 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?

3. When Laura writes that "temporary happiness is better than" (90) something on the way to the drug dealer's house, what does she say is worse than temporary happiness?

4. What is the address that Laura sees in her mind that compels her to go find its location?

5. The Log Lady tells Laura that "sometimes people go camping" (44) and that as a result, they do what?

(see the answer key)

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