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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 Anonymous give Joel?

2. What happens to Anonymous that motivates her to tell her parents what has been going on at school?

3. What is different about the diary entries at the beginning of Part 7?

4. Who committed Anonymous to the hospital?

5. What happens between Joel and Anonymous that briefly makes her happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Anonymous's friendship with Fawn?

2. Why is Anonymous excited about leading her piano recital?

3. How do you think the narrator ended up in Denver, and why do you think she doesn't write about it?

4. Describe Anonymous's experiences with Doris in Oregon.

5. What does the narrator think about doing after her parents become stricter in Part 5, and why is this important?

6. Why do you think that Anonymous is still troubled, even though she has Joel to comfort and support her?

7. What role does Joel fill in Anonymous's life in Part 6?

8. What happens to the narrator at school as a result of the babysitting incident?

9. What does Anonymous decide to do when she finishes high school? Do you think that this is a realistic goal (why/why not)?

10. How is the narrator treated by her drug dealer in Oregon, and how does this affect her state of mind?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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