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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ominous postscript does Laura add to her very first entry in her new diary?
(a) "P.S. I hope BOB doesn't come tonight" (3).
(b) "P.S. I hope Mom doesn't take my pony away" (3).
(c) "P.S. I hope my pony doesn't die tonight" (3).
(d) "P.S. I hope I don't die in my sleep tonight" (3).

2. 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's fear of sand when she was a little girl.
(b) A story about Laura sleepwalking, taking off all of her clothes, and putting her clothes in the oven.
(c) A story about Laura hooting like an owl in her sleep.
(d) A story about Laura spreading butter all over herself as a young child.

3. Where is Laura's favorite hiding place for secret items she does not want her parents to see?
(a) In the fort in the backyard.
(b) Behind the medicine cabinet in her bathroom.
(c) In the hollow of her bedpost.
(d) In the hole in the wall of her closet.

4. When Laura gets together with her first boyfriend who used to tease her when they were younger, who is it?
(a) Jacques.
(b) Leo.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Bobby.

5. What song does Laura's mom sing to her when she cannot sleep or when she has bad dreams?
(a) You Are My Sunshine.
(b) Someday My Prince Will Come.
(c) When You Wish Upon a Star.
(d) Waltzing Matilda.

6. 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)
(a) BOB.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Donna.
(d) Johnny.

7. What is the last line of the poem BOB always forces Laura to recite?
(a) A raging need does give us speed.
(b) With such speed does death succeed.
(c) The time to bleed is now indeed.
(d) In this seed is death indeed.

8. What is the main thing about being grown up that Laura says she is looking forward to the most?
(a) Having the ability to make her own money.
(b) Being the only person who can make her feel good or bad about her actions.
(c) Being the only one in control of how she spends her money.
(d) Getting to stay out as long as she wants.

9. 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 Laura's bedroom.
(d) In a tent in the woods a few miles away from Laura's house.

10. Laura's dream about the animal wanting to bite off her foot, Laura thinks that her mind is punishing her for what transgression?
(a) Her jealousy of Donna.
(b) Her use of marijuana.
(c) Her sexual experience with the Canadians.
(d) Her cigarette-smoking.

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

12. What does Laura say is the reason she needed her parents in the middle of the night a while back and thus inadvertently saw them having sex?
(a) She had a nightmare.
(b) She had gotten her period.
(c) She heard a noise downstairs.
(d) She had a fever.

13. 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 while fighting a fire.
(b) He was killed in a car accident.
(c) He was killed while chopping down a tree.
(d) He was killed by a train.

14. What reason does the Log Lady give for knowing Laura would be coming to meet her?
(a) She had telepathically communicated with Laura and had told her to meet there.
(b) She was given a note by Johnny that said to meet Laura there.
(c) She was told by Laura's father to meet Laura there.
(d) She was told in a dream she had that she should meet Laura there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bobby tells Laura that he loves her after their first sexual experience together, how does Laura respond?

2. What action does Laura take when she first meets her new pony that shocks Laura's mom?

3. How old is Maddy when she comes to visit Laura's family for a week?

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

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

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