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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Leo, Laura, and Bobby speed away from the drug dealer's house amidst a hail of gunfire, what does Laura see that causes her to panic again?

2. What is the last thing that the man Bobby shot says to Bobby within Laura's dream?

3. What does Jacques give Laura for Christmas?

4. What type of lock does Laura install on her bedroom door?

5. On the day Laura uncharacteristically skips school, what does she do at home all day since her parents are gone at a convention?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the first sentence that Johnny speaks aloud?

2. How does Bobby respond when Laura calls him in the middle of the night after waking up from her death dream?

3. What event inspires Laura to start helping the senior citizens in Twin Peaks?

4. What action does Laura finally take when she is desperate to stop her cocaine withdrawals?

5. When BOB tells Laura she has become everything he predicted she would, what is her reply?

6. What is the significance of the list of 40 sets of initials within Laura's diary?

7. How does Laura feel about the way in which she escaped the dangerous situation after being kidnapped by three truckers on the highway?

8. What is the significance of the incident in which Laura runs over a little girl's cat?

9. How does Bobby end up shooting a man as Laura, Leo, and Bobby flee the gunfire at the drug dealer's house?

10. What happens at the Double R Diner on Christmas Eve that makes Laura feel victorious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the novel's use of the theme of appearance versus reality. Create a claim that states the author's message regarding this theme. Use specific scenes from the novel to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Laura's meeting with the Log Lady. What is the author's purpose for including this scene and what message does the scene send to the reader? Support your answer with quotes from the scene and from elsewhere within the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is Laura's character a walking paradox, particularly by the conclusion of the novel? What are these paradoxical qualities enlisted in order to express a particular message about the human condition and what is that message? Prove your claim with textual evidence from the novel.

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