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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. Where does Anonymous find her second job in Part 4?
2. Why does the main character relate to Beth?
3. What do Bill and the narrator do shortly after she resolves not to use drugs?
4. After her experience at the party, what does the narrator decide to ask Jill?
5. To what drug is the narrator introduced on her date?
Short Essay Questions
1. What features of this section cause some critics to doubt that Go Ask Alice is actually the journal of a teenage girl?
2. What does the narrator start to have visions of in Part 3, and why are these visions significant?
3. Describe the narrator's relationship with her mother at the beginning of the story.
4. Why does the narrator stop spending time with Beth, and what does she do as a result?
5. Contrast the two friends that the narrator makes at school, in terms of why she relates to each of them.
6. Why is the narrator upset about both her and Beth's summer arrangements?
7. Compare and contrast how the narrator feels about each of her parents during Part 2.
8. Briefly describe the evolution of Anonymous and Richie's relationship in Part 3.
9. What is the significance of Anonymous's relationship with Mr. Mellani?
10. Why does the narrator begin to have trouble sleeping in Part 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The editor of Go Ask Alice is named Beatrice Sparks. Using at least 3 reliable sources, describe her life and her role in preparing Go Ask Alice. There should be some focus on why she is a controversial figure.
Essay Topic 3
What is the central theme of Go Ask Alice? Give proof for your choice in the form of evidence from the text.
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