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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 news does Anonymous get from her piano teacher?

2. Who is Lane?

3. What does Anonymous say that she wants the most in Part 6?

4. What does Anonymous get her father for his birthday in Part 8?

5. How does Anonymous die?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Why do you think that the narrator says that she's happy to be back on drugs at the beginning of Part 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

This book is supposedly the real diary of a teenage girl struggling with drug use. However, several critics claim that this cannot be true because the narrative seems too shaped, and the narrator seems too sophisticated. Do you agree or disagree with those critics? Explain in detail at least 3 reasons why or why not, giving examples from the text. If the story is fabricated, in whole or in part, describe whether you think that this lessens the impact of the story.

Essay Topic 3

At several points in the story, the narrator resolves to stay clean and is unsuccessful. Give at least 2 reasons why you think that she cannot stay away from drugs.

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