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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 does Joel give Anonymous?

3. When the police raid Chris's house, what happens to Lane?

4. Who puts Anonymous back in touch with her parents?

5. What surprise guest shows up at Anonymous's birthday party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

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

4. 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?

5. What do the other inmates try to force Anonymous to do, and why do you think she refuses?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Prepare a detailed analysis of attitudes and new developments regarding psychiatry in the 1970s, and, based on your research, describe whether you think that the narrator's experience in a psychiatric hospital was a typical one.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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