Go Ask Alice | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Part 1

1. Why is the main character insecure in Part 1?

2. Describe the narrator's relationship with her mother at the beginning of the story.

3. Why does the main character want to lose her virginity to Roger?

4. Why doesn't the main character talk to her friends or her mother about her insecurities?

5. Why does the narrator's family have to move?

6. How does the narrator feel about moving to a new place?

7. Why is the narrator upset...
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