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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 relationship does the narrator have to Tim and Alexandria?

2. What is the main problem in the main character's relationship with her father?

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

4. What does the narrator discover in Part 3 that briefly makes her happy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Chris and Anonymous don't share the real reasons that they ran away to San Francisco?

3. Why does Anonymous begin to regret sleeping with Bill?

4. What is the significance of Anonymous's relationship with Mr. Mellani?

5. Why does the narrator begin to have trouble sleeping in Part 3?

6. Describe Tim and Alexandria's first experiences at their new school.

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator stop spending time with Beth, and what does she do as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prepare a detailed analysis of attitudes and new developments regarding psychiatry in the 1970s, and, based on your research, describe whether you think that the narrator's experience in a psychiatric hospital was a typical one.

Essay Topic 2

Anonymous has visions of dead bodies rotting and being eaten by worms at several points during the story. Why does she fixate on that specific image? What do these visions symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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