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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. How does the narrator try to make herself feel better?

2. Where does the narrator meet Chris?

3. What do Anonymous and Chris's families believe is the reason that they ran away?

4. Why can't the narrator sleep during Part 3?

5. What is first major event for the narrator in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Christmas carol lyric does Anonymous relate to at the end of Part 4, and why is this important?

2. Describe Chris and Anonymous's contrasting experiences with jobs after they arrive in San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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 narrator upset at the end of Part 1?

9. At the beginning of Part 3, what makes the narrator resolve to stop taking drugs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that the narrator's overdose was accidental or intentional? Does the overall message of the story change depending on whether or not she committed suicide? If so, how? If not, why?

Essay Topic 2

Loneliness is a strong factor in why the narrator acts and thinks as she does. Why do you think that narrator is so lonely? How does this loneliness influence her actions throughout the story?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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