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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Laura wait before she finds out whether Leo and Bobby are alive or dead inside the drug dealer's house?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 20 minutes.

2. What does Laura's dad do while he is dancing with Laura on Christmas Eve?
(a) He cries.
(b) He sings.
(c) He grabs Laura's mom and brings her into the dance.
(d) He falls down.

3. Who helps the elderly, frail woman out of the diner when she is struggling to open the door?
(a) Donna.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Laura.
(d) Norma.

4. When the man who had strangled Laura smiled, whose smile did his smile remind Laura of?
(a) BOB.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Her dad.
(d) Leo.

5. What does Laura mean when she directs her writing to BOB, saying, "I can feel you deciding how and when" (90).
(a) That BOB is planning Laura's murder.
(b) That BOB is planning to murder Bobby.
(c) That BOB is planning to murder Laura's parents.
(d) That BOB is planning to leave her forever.

6. Who steals a kilo of cocaine from the drug dealer's house?
(a) Laura.
(b) Leo.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Johnny.

7. What does Jacques give Laura for Christmas?
(a) A fancy pen.
(b) A lingerie set.
(c) A love note.
(d) A package of drugs.

8. What reasons does Laura give for sending her pony Troy away by whipping him with her reins?
(a) She does not deserve him and he does not deserve a caged life.
(b) Zippy told her Troy was beginning to bite and kick and that the stables would no longer keep him.
(c) He does not deserve a sinful owner and she does not want to care for him any longer.
(d) Troy would make his way to Johnny and Johnny needed a pony more than she did.

9. What do Bobby and Laura do to celebrate New Year's Eve?
(a) They take shots of tequila.
(b) They watch the town fireworks display.
(c) They build a bonfire.
(d) They lie out under the stars with other couples.

10. Besides being glued to the television, what other reason does Laura give for both Leo and Bobby being unwilling to accompany her to her destination?
(a) They love the "macho thrill of sitting in front of a mountain of cocaine" (95).
(b) They worry that their "dilated pupils" (95) will give them away.
(c) They do not "trust each other with that mountain of cocaine" (95).
(d) They "could not be less hungry" (95).

11. What reason does Laura give for accepting the apology from the man who had strangled her into unconsciousness outside of the drug dealer's house?
(a) She had regained consciousness and felt okay.
(b) She knew she had made some grave mistakes in the past.
(c) It was preferable to being killed with his gun.
(d) She understood why he had done it.

12. When Laura has a dream about the man Bobby shot in the back of the truck the night of the cocaine heist and calls Bobby to tell him about her dream, what is Bobby's reaction?
(a) He cries.
(b) He says he is coming over to console her.
(c) He tells her everything will be fine.
(d) He yells at her.

13. What evidence does Laura provide when she writes down that she is now sure that BOB is not real?
(a) He knows about her running over the cat in the truck and she has not told anyone about that incident.
(b) He knows details of her death dream about the man Bobby shot and she has not told anyone about that dream.
(c) He knows details about her seeing her parents having sex and she has not told anyone about that incident.
(d) He knows her new favorite song even though she has not told anyone about it.

14. What tactic does Laura try in order to get rid of BOB?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She tells her parents.
(c) She offers to trade for a different victim.
(d) She locks her bedroom window.

15. When Laura hears her dad complain to her mom that Laura wants to be alone around the new year, how does Laura's mom reply?
(a) She says Laura has not been herself lately.
(b) She says Laura does nothing except write in her diary.
(c) She says parents are like the plague to teenagers.
(d) She says Laura has painful menstrual cramps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is distinctive about the sky the night that Leo, Laura, and Bobby go to the drug dealer's house, causing both Laura and Leo to worry that it is a bad omen?

2. What action does Bobby take to solve the problem that occurs during their flight away from the gunfight at the drug dealer's house?

3. What does Laura give Donna for Christmas?

4. While Laura reports that she enjoys looking at most pornographic pictures in magazines, there are some she does not like looking at because they contain a certain element. What is that element?

5. What happens one night when Laura refuses a ride home in order to avoid being seen with Leo or Jacques and walks home through the woods?

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