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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 reason does Laura give for accepting the apology from the man who had strangled her into unconsciousness outside of the drug dealer's house?
(a) She had regained consciousness and felt okay.
(b) It was preferable to being killed with his gun.
(c) She knew she had made some grave mistakes in the past.
(d) She understood why he had done it.

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

3. What is distinctive about the writing in the diary when it is BOB writing, rather than Laura?
(a) The writing is in all capital letters.
(b) The writing is in crayon.
(c) The writing is backwards.
(d) The writing is in cursive.

4. What is distinctive about the sky the night that Leo, Laura, and Bobby go to the drug dealer's house, causing both Laura and Leo to worry that it is a bad omen?
(a) There is a red glow to it.
(b) The clouds resemble menacing animals.
(c) There is no moon.
(d) There are no visible stars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Bobby say to Laura that makes her hate him?

3. 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?

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

5. Laura writes that she knows Norma will be unable to call her back anytime soon to work on their volunteering idea because Norma's husband Hank has gotten in some trouble. What kind of trouble is he in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Bobby asks Laura on New Year's Eve if she thinks that cocaine is a problem for her, what is her reply?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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