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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 20, 1985-October 1, 1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Laura, Donna, and Maddy cover up the light emanating from the house into the fort?
(a) They agree that it ruins the feeling of being out in the woods alone.
(b) They are telling scary stories and want it to be totally dark.
(c) They are worried that it will allow Laura's parents to spy on them in the night.
(d) They think it will interfere with their sleep.

2. When Maddy tells Donna and Laura what it is like to have a period, what is NOT one thing she mentions?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Cramps.
(d) Acne.

3. What reason does Laura give when she says she does not think she would make a good mother?
(a) She says that too many bad things happen to her sometimes at night, referring to the sexual abuse.
(b) She says that she does not like boys but that she considers it necessary for a child to have a father.
(c) She says that children remind her of the innocence she has lost.
(d) She says that she does not like the naïveté of children.

4. What is distinctive about the tree where BOB meets Laura?
(a) It is blackened with disease.
(b) There is a rope lying at its base.
(c) It has a double-trunk.
(d) It has BOB's initials carved into it.

5. What is the last line of the poem BOB always forces Laura to recite?
(a) In this seed is death indeed.
(b) The time to bleed is now indeed.
(c) With such speed does death succeed.
(d) A raging need does give us speed.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Laura referring when she writes, "I think that the times that I have to go into the woods at night have poisoned me?" (55)

2. When Laura dreams that an animal wants to bite off her foot, what type of animal is in her dream?

3. The Log Lady tells Laura that "sometimes people go camping" (44) and that as a result, they do what?

4. Laura believes that BOB calls her by a certain name for a particular reason. What is that reason?

5. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about children?

(see the answer key)

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