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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. When BOB tells Laura that she should be thrown into the river, what reason does he give?
(a) Because she is sinful and needs to be baptized.
(b) Because she is a naughty kitten and should be drowned.
(c) Because she is dirty and needs to be clean.
(d) Because she would be happier living near the sea.

2. What happens to make Laura wonder whether the Log Lady had been telling the fortune of the wrong Laura Palmer when she had predicted happiness for her?
(a) BOB visits her again.
(b) Laura's mother tells her she cannot attend the Homecoming Dance.
(c) Laura fails a Chemistry exam.
(d) Donna gets mad at Laura and refuses to speak to her.

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

4. What is distinctive about the tree where BOB meets Laura?
(a) It is blackened with disease.
(b) It has a double-trunk.
(c) There is a rope lying at its base.
(d) It has BOB's initials carved into it.

5. What knowledge does Laura say BOB has that no one else has?
(a) The ability to truly frighten her.
(b) The ability to truly excite her.
(c) The ability to please her.
(d) The ability to truly anger her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Laura, Donna, and Maddy spend the night on the first night of Maddy's visit?

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

3. In what town does Laura live?

4. What does Laura say is the reason she needed her parents in the middle of the night a while back and thus inadvertently saw them having sex?

5. What does Donna say when she sees Laura writing about how she will cry forever when her pony dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Log Lady tell Laura in their meeting?

2. When Donna and Laura leave the guys by the fire in order to relieve themselves, they get really scared. What are they scared of?

3. 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?

4. How does Laura feel during the sexual experience with Rick and Josh and how does her feeling relate to the sexual abuse to which she has been subjected?

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

6. How is the theme of hope represented in the poem Laura writes on July 30, 1984, entitled "Someday Growing Up Will Come Easier"? (14)

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

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

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

10. What had Donna's and Laura's experience with alcohol been prior to their escapade into the woods with the three Canadian guys and the bottle of gin?

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