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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobby call Laura's parents?
(a) The Fam.
(b) Mom and Dad.
(c) Mr and Mrs. Palmer.
(d) Folks.

2. Laura writes in her diary that she knows she loves Bobby, but wonders if she can truly let herself feel those good emotions with getting into trouble with someone. Who is that someone?
(a) Jacques.
(b) BOB.
(c) Leo.
(d) Donna.

3. Where does Jacques hide Laura's Christmas present so she can find it when he tells her to?
(a) In her white lace bra.
(b) In a planter outside her house.
(c) In her closet drawer.
(d) In a birdhouse in her front yard.

4. How long does Laura wait before she finds out whether Leo and Bobby are alive or dead inside the drug dealer's house?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

5. After Laura stops sleeping, how many pounds does she say she has lost since she last slept?
(a) Two and a half.
(b) Three and a half.
(c) Six and a half.
(d) Five and a half.

6. In addition to having more money, what reason does Laura give for wanting to get a job that will pay her every two weeks?
(a) Then she will be able to save for a car.
(b) Then she will be able to save for college.
(c) Then she will be able to be away from home more often.
(d) Then she will be able to tell her mom that she eats dinner at work.

7. Who steals a kilo of cocaine from the drug dealer's house?
(a) Laura.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Leo.
(d) Johnny.

8. What happens to Laura when she walks over to Highway 21 with the intention to hitchhike to Jacque's cabin?
(a) She gets hit by a car.
(b) She is kidnapped by three passing truckers and is taken to a motel.
(c) She is robbed at gunpoint.
(d) She is raped and left on the side of the road.

9. On New Year's Eve, Bobby tells Laura that he wants them to be together because they like each other and not for what other reason?
(a) Because people at school expect them to be together.
(b) Because they like having sex.
(c) Because they are lonely.
(d) Because of their deal about Bobby selling cocaine for Leo.

10. When Johnny speaks his very first full sentence to Laura at the end of their very special day together, what does he say?
(a) "I love you, Laura" (131).
(b) "Make me a peanut butter sandwich" (131).
(c) "Please come back soon" (131).
(d) "Thank you for being my friend" (131).

11. 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?
(a) He tells them that he and Laura are working on a science project together.
(b) He tells them that Laura is staying the night at Donna's house.
(c) He tells them that he is taking Laura for a surprise dinner.
(d) He tells them that Laura is not feeling well and will be home later.

12. 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?
(a) "The darkness of hell or nightmares or dying or suffering" (116).
(b) "The darkness of nightmares or dying" (116).
(c) "The darkness of hell or nightmares or dying" (116).
(d) "The darkness of hell or dying" (116).

13. Besides being glued to the television, what other reason does Laura give for both Leo and Bobby being unwilling to accompany her to her destination?
(a) They "could not be less hungry" (95).
(b) They do not "trust each other with that mountain of cocaine" (95).
(c) They worry that their "dilated pupils" (95) will give them away.
(d) They love the "macho thrill of sitting in front of a mountain of cocaine" (95).

14. Laura writes in her diary that when BOB used to cut her when she was younger, he would say a specific thing to her when she bled. What was it?
(a) "Good children don't bleed down their legs" (88).
(b) "If you tell anyone, I'll kill you" (88).
(c) "Someday when you're grown up, this will happen on its own" (88).
(d) "This hurts me more than it hurts you" (88).

15. When Laura writes that "temporary happiness is better than" (90) something on the way to the drug dealer's house, what does she say is worse than temporary happiness?
(a) Being with BOB all the time.
(b) Permanent sadness.
(c) Temporary anger.
(d) Allowing her friends and family to see her self-destruct.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Laura considers calling the police and having them wait at her house for BOB to show up, why does she decide against it?

3. When Leo, Bobby, and Laura go to the drug dealer's house, where is the house located?

4. What evidence does Laura provide when she writes down that she is now sure that BOB is not real?

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

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