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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's party for her mother turn out?

2. Where does Anonymous go shopping in Part 8?

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

4. What does Anonymous decide she's going to do after she graduates from high school?

5. What does Joel say in his letter to Anonymous?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Anonymous's experience in New York, and why you think it is important to the story.

5. What is significant about Anonymous's friendship with Fawn?

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

7. Why do you think that the narrator says that she's happy to be back on drugs at the beginning of Part 5?

8. Why do you think Anonymous doesn't want to tell her parents about her problems at school and with the "flashback?"

9. Why does Anonymous decide not to start a new diary at the end of Part 8?

10. What does Anonymous have repeated visions of in Part 6, and what do you think these visions signify?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator makes many friends over the course of her journey. Choose two of the characters with whom she forms a relationship, and compare and contrast their influence on her thoughts and actions.

Essay Topic 2

Most people have preconceptions about what drug users are like. What did you think drug users were like before you read Go Ask Alice? Has reading this story changed any of your assumptions?

Essay Topic 3

Go Ask Alice contains many themes that some parents may find offensive, making them reluctant to allow their children to read it. Write a persuasive essay explaining why you think Go Ask Alice should (or shouldn't) be taught to high school students.

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