1. 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?
(a) To defend herself.
(b) To tell her mom what has been happening to her.
(c) To run at the first sign of trouble.
(d) To hurt herself first.

2. When Laura tries on Maddy's nice clothes, who does Maddy say Laura resembles?
(a) Donna.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Laura's mom.
(d) Maddy.

3. 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 came home on certain nights crying and ashamed.
(b) That she was in pain a lot without knowing why.
(c) That she felt isolated from everyone in her life.
(d) That she was afraid of the woods and did not know why.

4. The Log Lady tells Laura that "sometimes people go camping" (44) and that as a result, they do what?
(a) Learn things they should not.
(b) Don't come back.
(c) Commune with nature.
(d) Get lost.

5. What action does Laura take when she first meets her new pony that shocks Laura's mom?
(a) Laura tells her dad that his present is a million times better than the stuffed animals her mom had given her.
(b) Laura looks underneath the pony to check its gender.
(c) Laura bursts into tears.
(d) Laura throws a tantrum because she had wanted a white pony rather than a brown one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Laura's mom tell about Laura at a dinner party that deeply embarrasses Laura and makes her wary of telling her things in the future?

2. What reason does Laura give for not telling her mom about the biting dream, though she wants to?

3. When Laura speaks of herself in the third person one time within her diary and addresses her words to BOB, what does she write?

4. What does Laura say she would do if she could fly?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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