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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. Who does Laura say is the only girl besides Donna whom she has seen naked?
(a) Ronnette.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Paula.
(d) Audrey.

2. 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) "Please come back soon" (131).
(c) "I love you, Laura" (131).
(d) "Make me a peanut butter sandwich" (131).

3. 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 nightmares or dying or suffering" (116).
(b) "The darkness of nightmares or dying" (116).
(c) "The darkness of hell or dying" (116).
(d) "The darkness of hell or nightmares or dying" (116).

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

5. When uniformed guards approach Laura outside of the drug dealer's house and search her person, what reason do they give?
(a) Some cocaine inside the house has just been discovered to be missing.
(b) It is standard protocol.
(c) They do not trust females.
(d) She looked suspicious sitting there quietly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Bobby tell Laura's parents when he calls her house on the night they go with Leo to the drug dealer's house?

2. When Laura hears Shelley complain that her husband Leo only wants sex, how does hearing that make Laura feel?

3. 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?

4. What is the only reason Laura agrees to start treating Bobby like a real boyfriend?

5. What does Laura's dad do while he is dancing with Laura on Christmas Eve?

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

3. What is the significance of the list of 40 sets of initials within Laura's diary?

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

5. What types of pictures in Fleshworld magazine bother Laura?

6. How does Bobby respond when Laura calls him in the middle of the night after waking up from her death dream?

7. What is the significance of the first sentence that Johnny speaks aloud?

8. What is the source of Laura's belief that she fits in with a much older crowd at that party she attends with people who are all eight to ten years her senior?

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

10. What behavior of Laura's is particularly worrisome to Laura's mom and what does Laura plan to do about it?

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