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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 a womb that is keeping her from growing up.
(d) That her bedroom feels like it is closing in and suffocating her.

2. 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 says that she does not like Laura's drug use.
(b) Donna says Laura is acting strangely to her and is not being the friend she used to be.
(c) Donna thinks that Laura is too promiscuous.
(d) Donna wants Laura to agree to go to the same college as she will, but Laura will not commit.

3. When Laura dreams that an animal wants to bite off her foot, what type of animal is in her dream?
(a) A bear.
(b) A possum.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A rat.

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. 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 defend herself.
(b) To run at the first sign of trouble.
(c) To hurt herself first.
(d) To tell her mom what has been happening to her.

8. What expression is BOB always wearing when he comes to Laura's bedroom window?
(a) He is always smiling.
(b) He always looks angry.
(c) He always looks hopeful.
(d) He is always scowling.

9. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about children?
(a) That they are not as innocent as they seem.
(b) That they grow up too fast.
(c) That they are prey sometimes.
(d) That they are just smaller versions of adults.

10. When Laura's dad takes her to a mystery location on her birthday, where do they end up going?
(a) The Broken Circle Stables.
(b) The Triple K Ranch.
(c) The Horne Farm.
(d) The BOB Petting Zoo.

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

12. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about owls?
(a) That they can tell the future.
(b) That they are sometimes big.
(c) That they are dangerous.
(d) That they are wise.

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

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

15. What gift does Laura receive from her mother that makes her feel that she is still being treated like a child?
(a) A dollhouse.
(b) Stuffed animals.
(c) Costumes for playing dress-up.
(d) Dolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What reason does Laura give when she says she does not think she would make a good mother?

3. When Laura gets together with her first boyfriend who used to tease her when they were younger, who is it?

4. What is the main thing about being grown up that Laura says she is looking forward to the most?

5. What ominous postscript does Laura add to her very first entry in her new diary?

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