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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What social issue gets Laura fired up about volunteering her time for the cause?
(a) Sexual abuse.
(b) Domestic violence.
(c) Elder care.
(d) Hunger.

2. Where do Bobby and Laura go to celebrate New Year's Eve?
(a) The beach.
(b) The town square.
(c) The golf course.
(d) The Roadhouse Tavern.

3. When Laura considers calling the police and having them wait at her house for BOB to show up, why does she decide against it?
(a) She thinks BOB would kill her for revenge.
(b) She thinks her parents may know about BOB and she does not want to go against their wishes.
(c) She thinks BOB would know her plan and would not come.
(d) She does not think the police would believe her.

4. 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 worry that their "dilated pupils" (95) will give them away.
(b) They do not "trust each other with that mountain of cocaine" (95).
(c) They "could not be less hungry" (95).
(d) They love the "macho thrill of sitting in front of a mountain of cocaine" (95).

5. What type of weapon does Bobby bring to the drug dealer's house in case he needs to protect himself?
(a) A chain.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A taser.

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

7. On the day Laura uncharacteristically skips school, what does she do at home all day since her parents are gone at a convention?
(a) She paints a portrait of BOB.
(b) She drinks alcohol.
(c) She watches television.
(d) She organizes her bedroom.

8. When Johnny speaks his very first full sentence to Laura at the end of their very special day together, what does he say?
(a) "Thank you for being my friend" (131).
(b) "Make me a peanut butter sandwich" (131).
(c) "Please come back soon" (131).
(d) "I love you, Laura" (131).

9. In addition to having more money, what reason does Laura give for wanting to get a job that will pay her every two weeks?
(a) Then she will be able to save for a car.
(b) Then she will be able to tell her mom that she eats dinner at work.
(c) Then she will be able to save for college.
(d) Then she will be able to be away from home more often.

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

11. When Laura writes that "darkness in sex is okay, as long as it is strange, mysterious darkness," (116) what does she say is the kind of darkness that she does not enjoy?
(a) "The darkness of hell or dying" (116).
(b) "The darkness of hell or nightmares or dying or suffering" (116).
(c) "The darkness of hell or nightmares or dying" (116).
(d) "The darkness of nightmares or dying" (116).

12. Laura writes in her diary that when BOB used to cut her when she was younger, he would say a specific thing to her when she bled. What was it?
(a) "Someday when you're grown up, this will happen on its own" (88).
(b) "If you tell anyone, I'll kill you" (88).
(c) "Good children don't bleed down their legs" (88).
(d) "This hurts me more than it hurts you" (88).

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

14. 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?
(a) There is a red glow to it.
(b) There is no moon.
(c) The clouds resemble menacing animals.
(d) There are no visible stars.

15. What are Laura's usual days of work as Johnny's companion?
(a) Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
(b) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
(c) Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
(d) Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Laura say she wants to go once she, Leo, and Bobby arrive at Leo's house with a kilo of cocaine?

2. When uniformed guards approach Laura outside of the drug dealer's house and search her person, what reason do they give?

3. What is distinctive about the writing in the diary when it is BOB writing, rather than Laura?

4. 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?

5. On New Year's Eve, Bobby tells Laura that he wants them to be together because they like each other and not for what other reason?

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