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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. How does Joel react when Anonymous tells him about her history and her concerns about the drug crowd?
(a) He asks if she wants him to beat up Jan.
(b) He says that she should tell the principal.
(c) He tells her to run away again.
(d) He says that she is strong enough to handle it.

2. What does Joel give Anonymous?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) Earrings.
(c) An ID bracelet.
(d) A ring.

3. Near the end of Part 8, what does the narrator say that her diary has been for the last several months?
(a) A hiding place for her secrets.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) A burden to her.
(d) A crutch.

4. Who is Joel?
(a) Chris's brother.
(b) A teacher who works with her father.
(c) Anonymous's new love interest.
(d) A boy Anonymous meets at her high school.

5. How does Anonymous's father react to the birthday gift she gives him?
(a) He's almost in tears.
(b) He's obviously pretending to like his present.
(c) He's indifferent.
(d) He's disgusted with the lack of thought she put into his gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Anonymous's parents react when she tells them about what's been happening at school?

2. What does Anonymous's father warn her about regarding Joel?

3. With what were the chocolate covered peanuts that the narrator ate, laced?

4. What concern does Anonymous have about Jan just before school starts in Part 8?

5. When the police raid Chris's house, what happens to Lane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about doing after her parents become stricter in Part 5, and why is this important?

2. What does Anonymous have repeated visions of in Part 6, and what do you think these visions signify?

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

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

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. What happens to the narrator at school as a result of the babysitting incident?

7. Describe Anonymous's experience in New York, and why you think it is important to the story.

8. What do the other inmates try to force Anonymous to do, and why do you think she refuses?

9. What does Anonymous talk to Tim about at the beginning of Part 6, and how does Anonymous feel towards her brother afterward?

10. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

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