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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. Who are Richie and Ted?

2. Why is Anonymous upset about Roger at the beginning of Part 1?

3. Why does Anonymous leave her first job in San Francisco?

4. To what drug does Richie introduce Anonymous in Part 3?

5. Near what college do Chris and Anonymous open their shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about moving to a new place?

2. What purpose do the descriptions of Tim and Alexandria's experiences at school serve?

3. What Christmas carol lyric does Anonymous relate to at the end of Part 4, and why is this important?

4. Describe the narrator's first experiences at school in Part 2.

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the narrator stop spending time with Beth, and what does she do as a result?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

At several points in the story, the narrator resolves to stay clean and is unsuccessful. Give at least 2 reasons why you think that she cannot stay away from drugs.

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