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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. When Laura considers calling the police and having them wait at her house for BOB to show up, why does she decide against it?
2. Where does Jacques hide Laura's Christmas present so she can find it when he tells her to?
3. What reason does Bobby give for slamming on his brakes and spinning the truck on the way to the drug dealer's house?
4. 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?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Bobby asks Laura on New Year's Eve if she thinks that cocaine is a problem for her, what is her reply?
2. What is Laura's relationship with Johnny?
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 significance of the list of 40 sets of initials within Laura's diary?
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. What happens in the only dream Laura has about her dad?
7. What types of pictures in Fleshworld magazine bother Laura?
8. When BOB tells Laura she has become everything he predicted she would, what is her reply?
9. What offer does Laura make to BOB in an attempt to make him go away forever?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of vulnerability demonstrated within the novel and what is the author's message about this topic? Prove your points with concrete details 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
Write a persuasive essay that argues either for or against the use of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer in high school classrooms. Support your argument using logical reasoning, poignant examples of modern teenage life, and concrete details from the novel's narrative.
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