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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 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?
(a) Because of their deal about Bobby selling cocaine for Leo.
(b) Because they like having sex.
(c) Because people at school expect them to be together.
(d) Because they are lonely.

2. What does Jacques give Laura for Christmas?
(a) A love note.
(b) A lingerie set.
(c) A package of drugs.
(d) A fancy pen.

3. 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 love the "macho thrill of sitting in front of a mountain of cocaine" (95).
(b) They worry that their "dilated pupils" (95) will give them away.
(c) They do not "trust each other with that mountain of cocaine" (95).
(d) They "could not be less hungry" (95).

4. What does Laura mean when she directs her writing to BOB, saying, "I can feel you deciding how and when" (90).
(a) That BOB is planning to murder Laura's parents.
(b) That BOB is planning to murder Bobby.
(c) That BOB is planning to leave her forever.
(d) That BOB is planning Laura's murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When uniformed guards approach Laura outside of the drug dealer's house and search her person, what reason do they give?

2. When Laura hears her dad complain to her mom that Laura wants to be alone around the new year, how does Laura's mom reply?

3. What is NOT one thing Laura says reminds her of cocaine?

4. When Laura has a dream about the man Bobby shot in the back of the truck the night of the cocaine heist and calls Bobby to tell him about her dream, what is Bobby's reaction?

5. When Laura writes that she must go Christmas shopping the following day and has no idea what to buy for anyone, she says she wants only one thing for Christmas. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What is Laura's relationship with Johnny?

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

7. When BOB tells Laura she has become everything he predicted she would, what is her reply?

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

9. 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?

10. How does Laura feel about the way in which she escaped the dangerous situation after being kidnapped by three truckers on the highway?

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