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

2. Where is Joel's father?

3. How do Anonymous's parents react when she tells them about what's been happening at school?

4. After the incident with Jan, what do Jan and friends NOT try to do?

5. What news does Anonymous get from her piano teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

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

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

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

7. Do you think that whether or not Anonymous overdosed on purpose changes the message of the story?

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

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

10. Describe Anonymous's experiences with Doris in Oregon.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most people have preconceptions about what drug users are like. What did you think drug users were like before you read Go Ask Alice? Has reading this story changed any of your assumptions?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator describes her mother in two very different ways; sometimes as a loving parents, deserving of respect and admiration, and sometimes as extremely uncaring and frigid. Describe why you think the narrator feels this way about her mother, and what role this ambivalent relationship plays in the story.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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