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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother do to annoy her in Part 2?
(a) Nags the narrator about not doing her homework.
(b) Nags the narrator about her looks and attitude.
(c) She has become too strict.
(d) Nags the narrator about her room being dirty.

2. When do Chris and Anonymous decide to go home?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Memorial Day.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Christmas.

3. How does the narrator feel for the first few days of her stay with her grandparents?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Bored.
(d) Content.

4. What word best describes Anonymous and Chris's apartment in San Francisco?
(a) Posh.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Quaint.
(d) Ramshackle.

5. How do Chris and Anonymous's families react when they arrive at the airport?
(a) They are overjoyed to see them again.
(b) Anonymous's parents are angry, but Chris's parents are overjoyed.
(c) Chris's parents are angry, but Anonymous's parents are overjoyed.
(d) They are extremely upset with them for running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the narrator and her family moving to a new home?

2. After her experience at the party, what does the narrator decide to ask Jill?

3. How does the relationship between the narrator and Richie evolve in Part 3?

4. How can narrator's father could best be described?

5. What is the name of the second friend that the narrator makes at school in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3, what makes the narrator resolve to stop taking drugs?

2. Why is the narrator upset about both her and Beth's summer arrangements?

3. How do Anonymous's behavior and dress start to change in Part 3 and what does this signify?

4. Why do you think Chris and Anonymous don't share the real reasons that they ran away to San Francisco?

5. Contrast the two friends that the narrator makes at school, in terms of why she relates to each of them.

6. Why doesn't the main character talk to her friends or her mother about her insecurities?

7. What happens to excite the narrator during her stay at her grandparents', and why is she so thrilled about it?

8. What happens at the party in Part 2, and what effect does this have on the narrator?

9. Why does Anonymous decide to move to San Francisco with Chris?

10. What does the narrator start to have visions of in Part 3, and why are these visions significant?

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