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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What knowledge does Laura say BOB has that no one else has?
(a) The ability to truly anger her.
(b) The ability to truly excite her.
(c) The ability to please her.
(d) The ability to truly frighten her.

5. When Laura's dad takes her to a mystery location on her birthday, where do they end up going?
(a) The BOB Petting Zoo.
(b) The Horne Farm.
(c) The Triple K Ranch.
(d) The Broken Circle Stables.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When BOB tells Laura that she should be thrown into the river, what reason does he give?

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

5. How old is Maddy when she comes to visit Laura's family for a week?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Laura and Maddy's attempts to block the light coming from the house windows into their fort?

2. What is Donna's and Laura's goal when they return to the Book House all dressed up in short skirts and made up faces?

3. What is the significance of the moment when Donna finally shares her sexual fantasies with Laura?

4. When Laura decides to be a better person during Maddy's visit, what does Laura state is her plan for achieving this goal?

5. What method does Laura decide to use in order to drive BOB away and stop the sexual abuse he is inflicting on her?

6. What reason does Laura give for feeling sorry for Audrey Horne?

7. Discuss the meaning of the very first poem Laura writes within her diary on July 29, 1984.

8. How does Laura respond to Maddy's offer to share some of her cigarettes with Donna and Laura on their night in the fort?

9. What event occurs that results in Laura's meeting with the Log Lady?

10. What prompts Laura to proclaim that she is not sure that the Log Lady had been talking about the right Laura Palmer when she had predicted a happy life?

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