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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. When Laura reports that she and Donna have had several fights as of late, what does she state is the source of their arguments?
(a) Donna thinks that Laura is too promiscuous.
(b) Donna wants Laura to agree to go to the same college as she will, but Laura will not commit.
(c) Donna says Laura is acting strangely to her and is not being the friend she used to be.
(d) Donna says that she does not like Laura's drug use.

2. 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 move on to a new problem and cease caring about the previous thing that did not seem right.
(c) People settle into them after a while.
(d) People seek out solutions and others help them see the reasons for every event in life.

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?
(a) Permanent sadness.
(b) Temporary anger.
(c) Being with BOB all the time.
(d) Allowing her friends and family to see her self-destruct.

4. To what substance does Laura become severely addicted in the spring of 1987?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Alcohol.

5. How does Benjamin Horne, Laura's father's boss, treat Laura?
(a) He is very mean to her.
(b) He berates her for being a bad influence on his daughter Audrey.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He is very attentive to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is distinctive about the sky the night that Leo, Laura, and Bobby go to the drug dealer's house, causing both Laura and Leo to worry that it is a bad omen?

2. How old are the Canadian males with whom 13-year-old Laura and Donna bathe in the forest stream?

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

4. What gift does Laura receive from her mother that makes her feel that she is still being treated like a child?

5. Laura's dream about the animal wanting to bite off her foot, Laura thinks that her mind is punishing her for what transgression?

(see the answer key)

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