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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. 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?
(a) She sees a cat get run over by a passing car.
(b) She nearly gets hit by a train.
(c) She nearly gets hit by a car while crossing the highway.
(d) She gets so lost and afraid that she sits down cries until it gets light enough for her to find her way home.

2. What happens to Laura when she walks over to Highway 21 with the intention to hitchhike to Jacque's cabin?
(a) She is kidnapped by three passing truckers and is taken to a motel.
(b) She gets hit by a car.
(c) She is raped and left on the side of the road.
(d) She is robbed at gunpoint.

3. Where does Laura say she wants to go once she, Leo, and Bobby arrive at Leo's house with a kilo of cocaine?
(a) To the Book House.
(b) To Cash and Carry.
(c) To Safeway.
(d) To her house.

4. 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 taser.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A knife.

5. What reason does Bobby give for slamming on his brakes and spinning the truck on the way to the drug dealer's house?
(a) He saw an owl in the road.
(b) He thought he heard a siren.
(c) He saw a speed limit sign.
(d) He thought he saw someone walking and did not want to hit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the day when Laura has an almost spiritually fulfilling day with Johnny, what do they spend the whole day doing?

2. What behavior does Laura's mom observe that makes her worry about Laura?

3. What do Bobby and Laura do to celebrate New Year's Eve?

4. When Laura gets nervous around all of the guns inside the drug dealer's house, where does she go?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the Double R Diner on Christmas Eve that makes Laura feel victorious?

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

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

4. What is the significance of the incident in which Laura runs over a little girl's cat?

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

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

7. What event inspires Laura to start helping the senior citizens in Twin Peaks?

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

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

10. 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?

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