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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. Why does Anonymous refuse to speak to the social worker and therapist at the hospital at first?
(a) She's terrified.
(b) She doesn't like them.
(c) She hallucinates that they are her grandparents.
(d) She thinks they will tell everyone her secrets.

2. What does Anonymous's father tell her near the end of Part 7?
(a) Joel has dropped out of school.
(b) Her brother and sister are using drugs.
(c) Her parents have convinced the police to arrest Jan.
(d) Her parents have convinced Jan to retract her statement.

3. What did the narrator do when she hallucinated while babysitting?
(a) She attacked the child she was babysitting.
(b) She ran screaming down the street.
(c) She mutilated herself.
(d) She attacked the parents for whom she was working.

4. Where is Joel's father?
(a) He died when Joel was very young.
(b) He lives in the next town over.
(c) He lives in the Bahamas.
(d) He lives with Joel.

5. What happens between Joel and Anonymous that briefly makes her happy?
(a) He asks her to move in with him.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He says he wants to introduce her to his mother.
(d) He asks her to go steady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Anonymous's parents force her to do as a result of her arrest?

2. Who puts Anonymous back in touch with her parents?

3. How does Anonymous's party for her mother turn out?

4. Of what did the narrator have a vision after eating the laced peanuts?

5. What is different about the diary entries at the beginning of Part 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anonymous react to being in the psychiatric hospital at first?

2. What happens to Anonymous while she is planning her mother's surprise birthday party, and why is this significant?

3. How is the narrator influenced by peer pressure at the beginning of Part 5?

4. Why is Anonymous excited about leading her piano recital?

5. Why does Anonymous think that she's unworthy of the love and support of Joel and her family? Do you think she's right?

6. Why do you think Anonymous doesn't want to tell her parents about her problems at school and with the "flashback?"

7. Who is Babbie, and what is notable about her?

8. Why does Anonymous decide not to start a new diary at the end of Part 8?

9. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

10. Do you think that whether or not Anonymous overdosed on purpose changes the message of the story?

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