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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens within Maddy's dreams about Laura?
(a) Maddy dreams that Laura falls in love.
(b) Maddy dreams about Laura being in the woods.
(c) Maddy dreams about Laura being murdered.
(d) Maddy dreams that Laura murders her mother.

2. What action does Laura take when she first meets her new pony that shocks Laura's mom?
(a) Laura tells her dad that his present is a million times better than the stuffed animals her mom had given her.
(b) Laura looks underneath the pony to check its gender.
(c) Laura throws a tantrum because she had wanted a white pony rather than a brown one.
(d) Laura bursts into tears.

3. The Log Lady tells Laura that "sometimes people go camping" (44) and that as a result, they do what?
(a) Commune with nature.
(b) Don't come back.
(c) Get lost.
(d) Learn things they should not.

4. 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 in a car accident.
(c) He was killed while fighting a fire.
(d) He was killed while chopping down a tree.

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

6. What does Laura do for her fourteenth birthday?
(a) She has a big party at her house.
(b) She goes to the Book House for coffee.
(c) She goes to the woods by herself where she usually meets BOB.
(d) She and Donna go to the movies.

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

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

9. 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 lands beyond her town and never come back.
(c) She would fly to the moon and back.
(d) She would fly over her neighbors' houses and spy on them.

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

11. What is the Log Lady's real first name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Matilda.
(d) Margaret.

12. 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) In a fort they build in the backyard.
(d) At a hotel near the train station.

13. What is the last gift Laura opens on her twelfth birthday?
(a) A stereo.
(b) A doll.
(c) A diary.
(d) A sweater.

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

15. On the day of her cousin Maddy's arrival, why does Laura not accompany her father to pick Mandy up from the station?
(a) She stays home to decorate the house for a welcome party.
(b) Her dad gets tired of waiting for her to get ready, so he leaves without her.
(c) She is too nervous so she stays home to calm herself down.
(d) She sleeps in and her mom will not let her dad wake her up.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Laura dreams that an animal wants to bite off her foot, what type of animal is in her dream?

2. On August 6, 1986, Laura reports that she no longer sleeps at all. What is her reason?

3. 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?

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

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

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