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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. How does Laura's dream end in a manner disturbing to her the night she has her first orgasm?
(a) BOB comes and tells her that she is dirty.
(b) The boy in her dream climbs inside her and she realizes she is pregnant with him.
(c) The girl in her dream laughs at her.
(d) The boy in her dream cuts her with a knife.

2. Laura says that sometimes her bedroom is the best place in the world, but says it is different other times. What does she say about those other times?
(a) That her bedroom feels like a place that is foreign to her.
(b) That her bedroom feels like a representation of someone else's identity.
(c) That her bedroom feels like it is closing in and suffocating her.
(d) That her bedroom feels like a womb that is keeping her from growing up.

3. What does Donna say when she sees Laura writing about how she will cry forever when her pony dies?
(a) Donna tells Laura that it will be at least twenty years until her pony dies.
(b) Donna tells Laura that she thinks too many sad thoughts.
(c) Donna tells Laura that she is being ridiculous.
(d) Donna tells Laura that if she had been lucky enough to get a pony, she would not be worrying about its death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Maddy says that her life at home is fine, except for one thing. What does she say is that one thing?

2. What distinctive name does BOB always use when referring to Laura?

3. To whom is Laura referring when she writes, "I think that the times that I have to go into the woods at night have poisoned me?" (55)

4. What is NOT one piece of evidence Laura provides that she is doing well in school in the spring of 1986?

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

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