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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 do Bill and the narrator do shortly after she resolves not to use drugs?

2. Why are Chris and Anonymous troubled by the students who frequent their shop?

3. How does the narrator intend to keep the diary a secret from now on?

4. How could the main character's relationship with her mother best be described?

5. After her experience at the party, what does the narrator decide to ask Jill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Compare and contrast how the narrator feels about each of her parents during Part 2.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is the narrator upset at the end of Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Some readers criticize Anonymous's parents for not doing enough to keep Anonymous away from drugs. What do you think her parents could have done differently? Do you think they could have completely prevented Anonymous from using drugs?

Essay Topic 3

What is the central theme of Go Ask Alice? Give proof for your choice in the form of evidence from the text.

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