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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 do Chris and Anonymous dream of doing at the beginning of Part 4?
(a) Buying a house.
(b) Opening a boutique.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Finding husbands.

2. How does the narrator's writing change in Part 3?
(a) She begins using "hippie" slang.
(b) She has many more entries per day.
(c) She stops writing as often.
(d) She starts in write in code to hide the contents.

3. What was the "trigger" for the narrator's decision to move away with Chris?
(a) The boutique closed.
(b) Her parents kicked her out of the house.
(c) She and Chris found Richie and Ted in bed together.
(d) Richie and Ted broke up with Anonymous and Chris.

4. Why doesn't the narrator want to go her grandparents' house for the summer?
(a) Her grandparents' house is spooky at night.
(b) She doesn't get along with her grandparents.
(c) She won't see her family all summer.
(d) She won't see Beth all summer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After she starts taking sleeping pills, what type of recurring vision does the narrator have?

2. What does the narrator discover in Part 3 that briefly makes her happy?

3. Why was it easy for Sheila and and boyfriend to take advantage of Chris and Anonymous at the party?

4. Why does the narrator worry about the new owners of her house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast how the narrator feels about each of her parents during Part 2.

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

3. Why does Anonymous begin to regret sleeping with Bill?

4. Why is the main character insecure in Part 1?

5. Why is the narrator upset at the end of Part 1?

6. Describe Chris and Anonymous's contrasting experiences with jobs after they arrive in San Francisco.

7. What features of this section cause some critics to doubt that Go Ask Alice is actually the journal of a teenage girl?

8. Why does the narrator's family have to move?

9. Why do Chris and the narrator decide to return home?

10. Why does the main character want to lose her virginity to Roger?

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