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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. On Christmas Eve of 1987, when Laura is on her way outside to escape her mom's constant playing of Christmas Carols, why does her dad stop her?
(a) He tells her she will need a coat because it is snowing outside.
(b) He tells her that dinner is ready.
(c) He tells her she has to stay home on Christmas.
(d) He tells her that he wants to dance with her.

2. 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 "could not be less hungry" (95).
(c) They love the "macho thrill of sitting in front of a mountain of cocaine" (95).
(d) They do not "trust each other with that mountain of cocaine" (95).

3. What does Bobby call Laura's parents?
(a) The Fam.
(b) Mom and Dad.
(c) Mr and Mrs. Palmer.
(d) Folks.

4. What is NOT one thing Laura says reminds her of cocaine?
(a) The highway.
(b) A snowstorm.
(c) A straw.
(d) A dash of baby powder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Laura says she cannot allow herself to feel sorry for Leo's wife Shelley, what reason does she give?

3. When Laura writes that "temporary happiness is better than" (90) something on the way to the drug dealer's house, what does she say is worse than temporary happiness?

4. What simile does Laura use to describe her claim that too many lies have entered her?

5. When Laura decides to enter the Fantasy of the Month contest held by Fleshworld magazine, what prize does she hope to win?

Short Essay Questions

1. What retort does BOB give to Laura's idea to call the police and tell them about the abuse BOB is inflicting on her?

2. What shocking act does Laura perform at the party to win a $100 bet?

3. How does Laura feel after the party at which she won a sexual bet and hung around with people ten years older?

4. What action does Laura finally take when she is desperate to stop her cocaine withdrawals?

5. What offer does Laura make to BOB in an attempt to make him go away forever?

6. How do Bobby and Laura spend New Year's Eve of 1987?

7. How is the theme of appearance versus reality evident in the scene in which Laura has just finished working on Donna's jacket and her mom comes into her room?

8. Discuss the meaning of Laura's poem on page 128 entitled "In the Eyes of the Visitor."

9. How does Bobby end up shooting a man as Laura, Leo, and Bobby flee the gunfire at the drug dealer's house?

10. How does BOB know the details of the orgy that Laura attended?

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