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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 have a fantasy about in her last entry of Part 7?

2. Why does Anonymous decide not to start a new diary?

3. What happens to Anonymous's grandparents soon after she meets Joel?

4. Why does Anonymous say that she is thankful for her diary?

5. What does Lane do to Anonymous?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the narrator influenced by peer pressure at the beginning of Part 5?

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

4. Do you think that whether or not Anonymous overdosed on purpose changes the message of the story?

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

6. What happens to Anonymous while she is planning her mother's surprise birthday party, and why is this significant?

7. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

8. Why do you think Anonymous doesn't want to tell her parents about her problems at school and with the "flashback?"

9. What happens to Anonymous while she's babysitting?

10. How do Anonymous's parents react to her being arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

This story takes place during the early 1970's, when the counterculture played an important role in the lives of many young people. Research and describe the counterculture of the early 1970's, and explain why you think the narrator is drawn to it.

Essay Topic 3

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

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