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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Laura feel about the fact that the only people at her birthday party are her mom, her dad, her best friend, and her cat?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is anxious.
(d) She is disappointed.

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. What distinctive name does BOB always use when referring to Laura?
(a) Mrs. Palmer.
(b) Laura-Lie.
(c) Miss Palmer.
(d) Laura Palmer.

6. When Laura tries on Maddy's nice clothes, who does Maddy say Laura resembles?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Laura's mom.
(c) Donna.
(d) Maddy.

7. What does Laura say she would do if she could fly?
(a) She would have her wings clipped to keep her from seeking danger.
(b) She would fly to the moon and back.
(c) She would fly to lands beyond her town and never come back.
(d) She would fly over her neighbors' houses and spy on them.

8. What is the main reason during the Christmas vacation of 1985 that Laura is looking forward to school starting again?
(a) So she can finish her Ceramics project.
(b) So she can eat her favorite food in the cafeteria again.
(c) So she can have activities to keep her busy.
(d) So she can talk to Donna again.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What knowledge does Laura say BOB has that no one else has?
(a) The ability to truly excite her.
(b) The ability to truly anger her.
(c) The ability to truly frighten her.
(d) The ability to please her.

13. When Laura masturbates on her fourteenth birthday and BOB does not appear, Laura says she has won. What has she won?
(a) She has made it to her fourteenth birthday alive.
(b) She has taken control of her own sexuality.
(c) She has misbehaved without getting caught.
(d) She has learned how to have pleasure without BOB's presence.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

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. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about children?

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

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