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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Donna say when she sees Laura writing about how she will cry forever when her pony dies?

2. While planning how to avoid further nightmares like her biting dream, Laura vows not to let anyone hurt her anymore. Instead, she vows to do what?

3. In what town does Laura live?

4. How does Laura's dream end in a manner disturbing to her the night she has her first orgasm?

5. How old is Maddy when she comes to visit Laura's family for a week?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Laura feel when she tries smoking for the first time?

2. What is the significance of Laura and Maddy's attempts to block the light coming from the house windows into their fort?

3. What is Donna's and Laura's goal when they return to the Book House all dressed up in short skirts and made up faces?

4. What reason does Laura give for feeling sorry for Audrey Horne?

5. When Maddy tells Laura and Donna what it feels like to kiss with tongues, Laura says the description makes her feel good inside, a feeling that she says is different. Though she cuts herself off from finishing her sentence, what does the reader know she is referring to?

6. What prompts Laura to proclaim that she is not sure that the Log Lady had been talking about the right Laura Palmer when she had predicted a happy life?

7. When Donna and Laura leave the guys by the fire in order to relieve themselves, they get really scared. What are they scared of?

8. When Laura arrives home and asks her mom about the Log Lady, what does Laura's mom tell her?

9. What does Donna do when Laura runs out of the house when they are discussing the breakdown of their friendship?

10. How does Laura feel during the sexual experience with Rick and Josh and how does her feeling relate to the sexual abuse to which she has been subjected?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Donna's role as a foil within the novel. How does her character slowly emerge as a foil to Laura's character and what is the author trying to achieve with the juxtaposition of those two characters? Prove your claims with textual evidence from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Laura's meeting with the Log Lady. What is the author's purpose for including this scene and what message does the scene send to the reader? Support your answer with quotes from the scene and from elsewhere within the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is humor shown to be an effective survival strategy within the novel? Prove your points with concrete examples from the text.

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