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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 20, 1985-October 1, 1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura vow to stop doing in hopes that it will stop BOB from sexually abusing her?
(a) She vows to stop lying to her parents.
(b) She vows to stop thinking about sex.
(c) She vows to stop leaving her window unlocked.
(d) She vows to stop keeping BOB's abuse a secret from her parents.

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 stays home to decorate the house for a welcome party.
(b) Her dad gets tired of waiting for her to get ready, so he leaves without her.
(c) She sleeps in and her mom will not let her dad wake her up.
(d) She is too nervous so she stays home to calm herself down.

3. What is distinctive about the tree where BOB meets Laura?
(a) There is a rope lying at its base.
(b) It is blackened with disease.
(c) It has a double-trunk.
(d) It has BOB's initials carved into it.

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

5. Where do Laura, Donna, and Maddy spend the night on the first night of Maddy's visit?
(a) At a hotel near the train station.
(b) In a fort they build in the backyard.
(c) In a tent in the woods a few miles away from Laura's house.
(d) In Laura's bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one false thing Laura tells the reader that people say about her?

2. What is the last line of the poem BOB always forces Laura to recite?

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

4. What is the Log Lady's real first name?

5. Why does Laura vow in writing on September 15th, 1984 to stop writing in her diary for a very long time?

(see the answer key)

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