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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the address that Laura sees in her mind that compels her to go find its location?
(a) 1313 North Garden Street.
(b) 1400 River Road.
(c) 1327 Ellis Street.
(d) 1600 Pacific Avenue.

3. How does Benjamin Horne, Laura's father's boss, treat Laura?
(a) He is very attentive to her.
(b) He berates her for being a bad influence on his daughter Audrey.
(c) He is very mean to her.
(d) He ignores her.

4. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about children?
(a) That they are just smaller versions of adults.
(b) That they grow up too fast.
(c) That they are not as innocent as they seem.
(d) That they are prey sometimes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Laura proclaims that she has realized that BOB's name is a warning in itself, what does she mean?

2. What action does Laura take when she first meets her new pony that shocks Laura's mom?

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

4. What gift does Laura receive from her mother that makes her feel that she is still being treated like a child?

5. Laura says that sometimes her bedroom is the best place in the world, but says it is different other times. What does she say about those other times?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Donna leaves the fort to go to the bathroom, Maddy uses the opportunity to tell Laura something. How do her comments depict the novel's theme of prophecy?

2. What does Laura say about why she loves her new diary?

3. How does Laura feel when she tries smoking for the first time?

4. What does Donna do when Laura runs out of the house when they are discussing the breakdown of their friendship?

5. What is the significance of the moment when Donna finally shares her sexual fantasies with Laura?

6. What is Donna's and Laura's goal when they return to the Book House all dressed up in short skirts and made up faces?

7. How is foreshadowing used within the scene of Laura receiving a pony for her birthday and checking the pony's gender?

8. How does Laura respond to Maddy's offer to share some of her cigarettes with Donna and Laura on their night in the fort?

9. Discuss the meaning of the very first poem Laura writes within her diary on July 29, 1984.

10. What reason does Laura give for feeling sorry for Audrey Horne?

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