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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 are Anonymous's new school friends in Part 8 different from her former ones?

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

3. What is significant about Anonymous's diaries entries starting in the middle of Part 5?

4. What does Anonymous give Joel?

5. Where does Anonymous go shopping in Part 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anonymous think that she's unworthy of the love and support of Joel and her family? Do you think she's right?

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

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

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

5. Describe Anonymous's experience in New York, and why you think it is important to the story.

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

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

8. How does Anonymous react to being in the psychiatric hospital at first?

9. What does Anonymous give to her father for her birthday, and why do you think he is almost in tears when he receives that gift?

10. Why does Anonymous decide not to start a new diary at the end of Part 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A foil in literature refers to a character that is very different from the main character of a story; the purpose of a foil is to contrast with the main character so that the traits of the main character are more obvious. Choose a character in Go Ask Alice that serves a foil to the narrator, and explain how they do so.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The narrator makes many friends over the course of her journey. Choose two of the characters with whom she forms a relationship, and compare and contrast their influence on her thoughts and actions.

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