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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. With what were the chocolate covered peanuts that the narrator ate, laced?

2. Who does Anonymous get to know right before she leaves Oregon?

3. Who does Anonymous say is coming to visit at the beginning of Part 6?

4. What does Anonymous's father warn her about regarding Joel?

5. What does Anonymous have a fantasy about in her last entry of Part 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What purpose do you think Tom plays in the story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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