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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. To what drug does Richie introduce Anonymous in Part 3?

2. How does the narrator begin to dress in the middle of Part 3?

3. Who does the main character run into while shopping with her grandmother?

4. How could the narrator's first experiences at her new school be described?

5. Where does Beth have to go for the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain what significant event happens at Sheila's party , and what effect this event has on Chris and Anonymous.

3. What purpose do the descriptions of Tim and Alexandria's experiences at school serve?

4. Why does Anonymous decide to move to San Francisco with Chris?

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

6. What features of this section cause some critics to doubt that Go Ask Alice is actually the journal of a teenage girl?

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

8. Describe the narrator's first experiences at school in Part 2.

9. Why do Chris and the narrator decide to return home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrator's state of mind at the beginning of the story. What kinds of traits make her vulnerable to drug abuse? What purposes do they serve for her?

Essay Topic 2

In Part 2 of Go Ask Alice, the narrator compares herself to Alice from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland series. Read a summary of Through the Looking Glass, then compare and contrast the narrator to Alice.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator describes her mother in two very different ways; sometimes as a loving parents, deserving of respect and admiration, and sometimes as extremely uncaring and frigid. Describe why you think the narrator feels this way about her mother, and what role this ambivalent relationship plays in the story.

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