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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Maddy tells Laura and Donna that she has brought cigarettes with her, what reason does she give for them being stale?
(a) She says that she had found them on the school bus and they were already stale then.
(b) She says that she had hidden them months ago and had forgotten where she had hidden them.
(c) She says that her boyfriend had quit smoking a few months ago and had given his last pack to her.
(d) She says that she has been too scared to smoke them for fear of being caught by her parents.

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

3. How old is Maddy when she comes to visit Laura's family for a week?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

4. How does Laura feel after her foray into the woods with the Canadians and with Donna?
(a) She feels triumphant at having gotten away with her actions and regrets having to go back to her role as daddy's little girl.
(b) She feels ashamed and worries that the kids at school will find out and will judge her.
(c) She feels relieved that the potentially dangerous situation had not resulted in harm to her or to Donna.
(d) She feels regret that she had not gotten contact information from the Canadians so she could continue the relationship.

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

6. When Maddy tells Donna and Laura what it is like to have a period, what is NOT one thing she mentions?
(a) Acne.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Cramps.

7. In what town does Laura live?
(a) Galveston.
(b) Taylorton.
(c) Garrison.
(d) Twin Peaks.

8. What story does Laura's mom tell about Laura at a dinner party that deeply embarrasses Laura and makes her wary of telling her things in the future?
(a) A story about Laura sleepwalking, taking off all of her clothes, and putting her clothes in the oven.
(b) A story about Laura spreading butter all over herself as a young child.
(c) A story about Laura's fear of sand when she was a little girl.
(d) A story about Laura hooting like an owl in her sleep.

9. When Laura proclaims that she has realized that BOB's name is a warning in itself, what does she mean?
(a) It is similar to the SOS distress signal.
(b) It is in all capital letters like it is being screamed.
(c) It could stand for Beware of Bob.
(d) It means that he is unsinkable.

10. What is NOT one false thing Laura tells the reader that people say about her?
(a) She is the happiest girl in the world.
(b) She does not have any troubles.
(c) She loves her parents.
(d) She is the perfect daughter.

11. When Laura gets home, her mother tells her that the Log Lady's husband had died, leaving the Log Lady a widow. How did her husband die?
(a) He was killed by a train.
(b) He was killed while chopping down a tree.
(c) He was killed in a car accident.
(d) He was killed while fighting a fire.

12. 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 it is closing in and suffocating her.
(c) That her bedroom feels like a representation of someone else's identity.
(d) That her bedroom feels like a womb that is keeping her from growing up.

13. Why does Laura vow in writing on September 15th, 1984 to stop writing in her diary for a very long time?
(a) She thinks that writing in her diary is making BOB come abuse her more often.
(b) She suspects that someone has been reading her diary.
(c) She feels that thinking about writing in her diary has made her too conscious about actions she takes.
(d) She thinks that writing about her life has made her too self-centered.

14. Where is Laura when she sees an address in her mind and feels compelled to go there?
(a) At the stables.
(b) At the Book House.
(c) At Johnny's house.
(d) At the Roadhouse Tavern.

15. On August 6, 1986, Laura reports that she no longer sleeps at all. What is her reason?
(a) She wants to be ready in case her boyfriend comes to her window.
(b) She thinks that bad things only happen in the dark.
(c) She wants to be ready when BOB comes to her window.
(d) She does not want her mom to find her diary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about owls?

3. Laura says she thinks life would be easier if one thing were different about the world. What does she think would make life so much easier?

4. Why does Laura choose the name Troy for her pony?

5. What happens within Maddy's dreams about Laura?

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