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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. What does the narrator say that she wants to be in Part 1?

2. Which drugs does the narrator convince the doctor to prescribe to her?

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

4. Where does Anonymous find her second job in Part 4?

5. What is narrator's father's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Chris and Anonymous's parents think is the reason they decided to return home, and how do they react when they see them?

2. What kind of people hang out at Chris and Anonymous's boutique, and why does this disturb them?

3. Briefly describe the evolution of Anonymous and Richie's relationship in Part 3.

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

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

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

7. What happens to excite the narrator during her stay at her grandparents', and why is she so thrilled about it?

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

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

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

Give examples of foreshadowing in Go Ask Alice. How and why is foreshadowing used in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Most people have preconceptions about what drug users are like. What did you think drug users were like before you read Go Ask Alice? Has reading this story changed any of your assumptions?

Essay Topic 3

At several points in the story, the narrator resolves to stay clean and is unsuccessful. Give at least 2 reasons why you think that she cannot stay away from drugs.

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