1. While planning how to avoid further nightmares like her biting dream, Laura vows not to let anyone hurt her anymore. Instead, she vows to do what?
(a) To run at the first sign of trouble.
(b) To hurt herself first.
(c) To tell her mom what has been happening to her.
(d) To defend herself.

2. When Johnny speaks his very first full sentence to Laura at the end of their very special day together, what does he say?
(a) "Thank you for being my friend" (131).
(b) "Make me a peanut butter sandwich" (131).
(c) "Please come back soon" (131).
(d) "I love you, Laura" (131).

3. 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?
(a) There are no visible stars.
(b) There is a red glow to it.
(c) The clouds resemble menacing animals.
(d) There is no moon.

4. 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) There is a stranger in the bed of the truck fighting with Leo.
(b) Bobby tells her he has forgotten his pistol in the house.
(c) The road up ahead is closed.
(d) The truck runs out of gas.

5. What simile does Laura use to describe her claim that too many lies have entered her?
(a) "Too many lies have entered me, like smoke billowing into a room" (89).
(b) "Too many lies have entered me, like arrows that pierced my skin" (89).
(c) "Too many lies have entered me, like bullets that made wounds" (89).
(d) "Too many lies have entered me, like birds settling into a nest" (89).