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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song do Laura, Donna, and Maddy try to sing in the fort while their mouths are full of candy?
(a) You Are My Sunshine.
(b) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
(c) Waltzing Matilda.
(d) Row Row Row Your Boat.

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

3. When Laura reports that she and Donna have had several fights as of late, what does she state is the source of their arguments?
(a) Donna wants Laura to agree to go to the same college as she will, but Laura will not commit.
(b) Donna thinks that Laura is too promiscuous.
(c) Donna says Laura is acting strangely to her and is not being the friend she used to be.
(d) Donna says that she does not like Laura's drug use.

4. Laura says she thinks life would be easier if one thing were different about the world. What does she think would make life so much easier?
(a) If people had compassion for one another.
(b) If people were all the same.
(c) If children could move away from home at age thirteen.
(d) If everyone lived in big cities.

5. Why does Laura choose the name Troy for her pony?
(a) She names him Troy after her cousin Troy.
(b) She names him Troy because he is a surprise, just like the Trojan horse in the Helen of Troy myth.
(c) She names him Troy after the pony in Mrs. Larkin's photo book.
(d) She names him Troy because her mom suggests it.

6. Where is Laura's favorite hiding place for secret items she does not want her parents to see?
(a) In the fort in the backyard.
(b) Behind the medicine cabinet in her bathroom.
(c) In the hollow of her bedpost.
(d) In the hole in the wall of her closet.

7. What distinctive name does BOB always use when referring to Laura?
(a) Laura Palmer.
(b) Laura-Lie.
(c) Mrs. Palmer.
(d) Miss Palmer.

8. When Laura gets home, her mother tells her that the Log Lady's husband had died, leaving the Log Lady a widow. How did her husband die?
(a) He was killed by a train.
(b) He was killed while fighting a fire.
(c) He was killed in a car accident.
(d) He was killed while chopping down a tree.

9. Maddy says that her life at home is fine, except for one thing. What does she say is that one thing?
(a) Her parents' nosiness.
(b) The financial pressure her health problems inflict on her family.
(c) Her lack of a boyfriend.
(d) Her little sister's invasion of her privacy.

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

11. How old are the Canadian males with whom 13-year-old Laura and Donna bathe in the forest stream?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

12. What expression is BOB always wearing when he comes to Laura's bedroom window?
(a) He always looks hopeful.
(b) He always looks angry.
(c) He is always smiling.
(d) He is always scowling.

13. When BOB tells Laura that she should be thrown into the river, what reason does he give?
(a) Because she is a naughty kitten and should be drowned.
(b) Because she is dirty and needs to be clean.
(c) Because she is sinful and needs to be baptized.
(d) Because she would be happier living near the sea.

14. In addition to sandwiches, what two beverages does Laura's mom pack for the girls on the first night of Maddy's visit?
(a) Milk and hot chocolate.
(b) Orange juice and soda.
(c) Hot chocolate and coffee.
(d) Tea and milk.

15. What happens within Maddy's dreams about Laura?
(a) Maddy dreams about Laura being in the woods.
(b) Maddy dreams about Laura being murdered.
(c) Maddy dreams that Laura murders her mother.
(d) Maddy dreams that Laura falls in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is distinctive about the tree where BOB meets Laura?

2. Where are the two places on Laura's body that BOB makes tiny incisions during his abuse of her?

3. 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)

4. What song does Laura's mom sing to her when she cannot sleep or when she has bad dreams?

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

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