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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. How does Anonymous feel about being attracted to other women?

2. Who puts Anonymous back in touch with her parents?

3. The narrator wonders how her younger brother would react if she:

4. Who committed Anonymous to the hospital?

5. How did Anonymous end up in Denver?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Babbie, and what is notable about her?

2. Why was Anonymous committed to a psychiatric hospital?

3. What does Anonymous give to her father for her birthday, and why do you think he is almost in tears when he receives that gift?

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

5. What does Anonymous talk to Tim about at the beginning of Part 6, and how does Anonymous feel towards her brother afterward?

6. How do you think the narrator ended up in Denver, and why do you think she doesn't write about it?

7. How do Anonymous's parents react to her being arrested?

8. How does Anonymous react to being in the psychiatric hospital at first?

9. How is the narrator treated by her drug dealer in Oregon, and how does this affect her state of mind?

10. Why does Anonymous think that she's unworthy of the love and support of Joel and her family? Do you think she's right?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anonymous has visions of dead bodies rotting and being eaten by worms at several points during the story. Why does she fixate on that specific image? What do these visions symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

What is the central theme of Go Ask Alice? Give proof for your choice in the form of evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator's state of mind at the beginning of the story. What kinds of traits make her vulnerable to drug abuse? What purposes do they serve for her?

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