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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 lie did Jan tell the police about Anonymous?

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

3. What warning does Anonymous have for both of her siblings near the end of Part 6?

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

5. What does Joel say in his letter to Anonymous?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

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

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

5. What does Anonymous talk to Tim about at the beginning of Part 6, and how does Anonymous feel towards her brother afterward?

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

7. What does Anonymous have repeated visions of in Part 6, and what do you think these visions signify?

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

9. Who is Babbie, and what is notable about her?

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

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 2

The title Go Ask Alice was taken from a 1967 Jefferson Airplane song called "White Rabbit." Explain in detail how the lyrics of the song parallel the story. Be sure to give several specific examples from the text and the song.

Essay Topic 3

What is the central theme of Go Ask Alice? Give proof for your choice in the form of evidence from the text.

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