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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 Laura says she cannot allow herself to feel sorry for Leo's wife Shelley, what reason does she give?
(a) Because she hates Shelley.
(b) Because Shelley does not deserve her pity.
(c) Because she is no longer capable of feeling normal emotions.
(d) Because then she would never be able to see Leo again.

2. When Laura says that she wishes she were younger again when she used to not remember specifics of BOB's abuse, what does she say she HAD been aware of?
(a) That she was in pain a lot without knowing why.
(b) That she was afraid of the woods and did not know why.
(c) That she came home on certain nights crying and ashamed.
(d) That she felt isolated from everyone in her life.

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?
(a) Temporary anger.
(b) Permanent sadness.
(c) Allowing her friends and family to see her self-destruct.
(d) Being with BOB all the time.

4. What type of weapon does Bobby bring to the drug dealer's house in case he needs to protect himself?
(a) A taser.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A knife.
(d) A chain.

5. What evidence does Laura provide when she writes down that she is now sure that BOB is not real?
(a) He knows her new favorite song even though she has not told anyone about it.
(b) He knows details of her death dream about the man Bobby shot and she has not told anyone about that dream.
(c) He knows details about her seeing her parents having sex and she has not told anyone about that incident.
(d) He knows about her running over the cat in the truck and she has not told anyone about that incident.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When Johnny speaks his very first full sentence to Laura at the end of their very special day together, what does he say?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens in the only dream Laura has about her dad?

10. What is Laura's relationship with Johnny?

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