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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Donna say when she sees Laura writing about how she will cry forever when her pony dies?
(a) Donna tells Laura that it will be at least twenty years until her pony dies.
(b) Donna tells Laura that she thinks too many sad thoughts.
(c) Donna tells Laura that she is being ridiculous.
(d) Donna tells Laura that if she had been lucky enough to get a pony, she would not be worrying about its death.

2. 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)
(a) Bobby.
(b) BOB.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Donna.

3. What is the Log Lady's real first name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Matilda.
(c) Mary.
(d) Marie.

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

5. Where are the two places on Laura's body that BOB makes tiny incisions during his abuse of her?
(a) On the soles of her feet and on the top of her head.
(b) Between her legs and inside her mouth.
(c) On the back of her neck and on the tips of her fingers.
(d) Inside her mouth and on the undersides of her wrists.

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

7. What does the Log Lady tell Laura about children?
(a) That they are just smaller versions of adults.
(b) That they grow up too fast.
(c) That they are prey sometimes.
(d) That they are not as innocent as they seem.

8. When Bobby tells Laura that he loves her after their first sexual experience together, how does Laura respond?
(a) She leaves.
(b) She tells him that she loves him as well.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She pretends to fall asleep.

9. Laura believes that BOB calls her by a certain name for a particular reason. What is that reason?
(a) Because he believes Laura is deceptive.
(b) Because he likes to think of Laura as being innocent and unattached.
(c) Because it distances BOB from Laura.
(d) Because he wishes he were married to Laura.

10. When Laura proclaims that she has realized that BOB's name is a warning in itself, what does she mean?
(a) It could stand for Beware of Bob.
(b) It is similar to the SOS distress signal.
(c) It is in all capital letters like it is being screamed.
(d) It means that he is unsinkable.

11. Where is Laura when she sees an address in her mind and feels compelled to go there?
(a) At the Roadhouse Tavern.
(b) At the stables.
(c) At the Book House.
(d) At Johnny's house.

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

13. What is the main thing about being grown up that Laura says she is looking forward to the most?
(a) Being the only person who can make her feel good or bad about her actions.
(b) Having the ability to make her own money.
(c) Being the only one in control of how she spends her money.
(d) Getting to stay out as long as she wants.

14. When Laura masturbates on her fourteenth birthday and BOB does not appear, Laura says she has won. What has she won?
(a) She has made it to her fourteenth birthday alive.
(b) She has taken control of her own sexuality.
(c) She has misbehaved without getting caught.
(d) She has learned how to have pleasure without BOB's presence.

15. When Laura gets together with her first boyfriend who used to tease her when they were younger, who is it?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Jacques.
(c) Leo.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura vow to stop doing in hopes that it will stop BOB from sexually abusing her?

2. What is NOT one piece of evidence Laura provides that she is doing well in school in the spring of 1986?

3. What reason does the Log Lady give for knowing Laura would be coming to meet her?

4. After the biting dream, Laura promises that she will be good and do everything she is supposed to do, just like what other character?

5. How old are the Canadian males with whom 13-year-old Laura and Donna bathe in the forest stream?

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