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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 climbs inside her and she realizes she is pregnant with him.
(b) The boy in her dream cuts her with a knife.
(c) The girl in her dream laughs at her.
(d) BOB comes and tells her that she is dirty.

2. 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?
(a) People settle into them after a while.
(b) People move on to a new problem and cease caring about the previous thing that did not seem right.
(c) People seek out solutions and others help them see the reasons for every event in life.
(d) People start to trust that the universe has their best interests in mind.

3. Laura believes that BOB calls her by a certain name for a particular reason. What is that reason?
(a) Because he wishes he were married to Laura.
(b) Because it distances BOB from Laura.
(c) Because he likes to think of Laura as being innocent and unattached.
(d) Because he believes Laura is deceptive.

4. 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) Behind the medicine cabinet in her bathroom.
(c) In the fort in the backyard.
(d) In the hollow of her bedpost.

5. Why do Laura, Donna, and Maddy cover up the light emanating from the house into the fort?
(a) They are worried that it will allow Laura's parents to spy on them in the night.
(b) They are telling scary stories and want it to be totally dark.
(c) They agree that it ruins the feeling of being out in the woods alone.
(d) They think it will interfere with their sleep.

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

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

8. 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 cigarette-smoking.
(c) Her use of marijuana.
(d) Her sexual experience with the Canadians.

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

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

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

12. What does Donna say when she sees Laura writing about how she will cry forever when her pony dies?
(a) Donna tells Laura that she is being ridiculous.
(b) Donna tells Laura that if she had been lucky enough to get a pony, she would not be worrying about its death.
(c) Donna tells Laura that it will be at least twenty years until her pony dies.
(d) Donna tells Laura that she thinks too many sad thoughts.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT one piece of evidence Laura provides that she is doing well in school in the spring of 1986?

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

4. What expression is BOB always wearing when he comes to Laura's bedroom window?

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

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