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  "Go Ask Alice"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Go Ask Alice" was published as a "true diary", but its truth has been debated. It was edited by Beatrice Sparks, with the author listed as an anonymous teenager.
Average, 10 Qns, LilSpikey, Jan 28 06
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LilSpikey
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  Annie's Baby   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Annie's Baby" is another supposedly true diary written by an anonymous teenager and edited by Beatrice Sparks. It follows the life of a teenage mother and the problems she faces.
Average, 10 Qns, LilSpikey, Mar 05 06
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LilSpikey
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  "Finding Katie"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the supposed true story of a teenager in foster care. Beatrice Sparks is the editor, and the author is listed as an anonymous teenager.
Average, 10 Qns, LilSpikey, Jan 28 06
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LilSpikey
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  "Go Ask Alice" Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is based on the Anonymous book entitled, "Go Ask Alice". This is the true story of a young girl caught in the chaos of the drug scene.
Tough, 15 Qns, trinitymatrix, Apr 26 06
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trinitymatrix
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  Treacherous Love    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Treacherous Love" is another supposedly true diary written by an anonymous teenager and edited by Beatrice Sparks. It is about a girl who has an affair with her math teacher, only to find out it was a terrible betrayal.
Average, 10 Qns, LilSpikey, Apr 02 06
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LilSpikey
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  Books By Beatrice Sparks    
Multiple Choice
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Beatrice Sparks is a psychologist who has spent many years helping troubled teens. Even though her books are published as non-fiction, their truth has been debated.
Average, 10 Qns, LilSpikey, Jan 28 06
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trivia question Quick Question
Where did Katie first meet Mark?

From Quiz ""Finding Katie""





Beatrice Sparks Trivia Questions

1. When Jennie learned her parents were having problems, she asked her father what was bothering him. What did he say?

From Quiz
Treacherous Love

Answer: He wasn't feeling well.

Jennie had been hearing her parents fighting at night, so one night, she saw her father alone and asked him what was wrong. He looked as though he had been crying. Jennie's dad finally told her that he and her mom weren't feeling well, but they would try to get better. It was just his way of saying they would try to work out their problems.

2. Where did Annie first meet Danny?

From Quiz Annie's Baby

Answer: Soccer field

When the book first started, Annie had just finished playing soccer for the day. That was when she first met Danny. He was sixteen, two years older than her. At first Danny said he wanted a friend, because he was new at school. Within a few days, Annie became obsessed with wanting to know him better. Finally he asked her to go to the movies with him.

3. What kind of school did Katie attend when she lived with her parents?

From Quiz "Finding Katie"

Answer: Catholic school for girls

Katie and her best friend Jennifer attended an all-girls private Catholic school. Their two teachers were Sister Mary and Sister Martha. Even though Katie loved the nuns, she often wished her school was not as strict.

4. When was "Go Ask Alice" first published?

From Quiz Books By Beatrice Sparks

Answer: 1971

"Go Ask Alice" is the realistic diary of a 15-year old drug user. Throughout the book, she runs away from home twice, gets involved with the wrong crowd, and even lands in a institution. "Go Ask Alice" was published as "a real diary", but it was said to have been just a warning to teens during the rise of drug culture, and not based on fact.

5. Why did Marcie move from town to town frequently?

From Quiz Treacherous Love

Answer: Her father had to travel with the army.

When Bridget and Jennie first saw Marcie at school, they thought she was a snob since she wasn't very social. One day Marcie asked if she could join them at lunch. She explained that she didn't try to make a lot of friends because her dad was a high-ranking military officer, and she never knew when her family would have to move next. After Jennie and Bridget got to know her, they thought Marcie was very friendly.

6. What was the girl's father's job?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice"

Answer: College professor

The girl's father was a well-respected college professor. At the beginning of the book, the family moved to a new town because her father got a job as the dean of political science at a new university.

7. Where did Katie first meet Mark?

From Quiz "Finding Katie"

Answer: Museum

Katie and Jennifer were on a school field trip to a museum when they first met Mark and David. At first they introduced themselves with made-up names, but they exchanged phone numbers before the girls left. Soon after Katie started dating Mark and Jennifer started dating David.

8. How old was Annie when she gave birth in "Annie's Baby"?

From Quiz Books By Beatrice Sparks

Answer: 14

Like most of her books, "Annie's Baby" says it was edited by Beatrice Sparks and the author is an "anonymous teenager". In this book 14-year old Annie becomes involved with 16-year old Danny. When she discovers she is pregnant by him, her diary becomes her outlet for the confusion she feels about him and her life. In the book, Annie even goes to visit Dr. Sparks to talk about her feelings.

9. What is the name of the young girl that this book is based on?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice" Quiz

Answer: We never learn

The main character's name is never revealed. The title "Go Ask Alice" is actually derived from the Jefferson Airplane song entitled "White Rabbit" which is based entirely on drugs, similar to the book itself.

10. Why did Bridget quit speaking to Jennie as much?

From Quiz Treacherous Love

Answer: She got a boyfriend.

Right after Marcie moved back to Washington, DC, Bridget started going out with a boy named Brad. Soon Bridget didn't associate with Jennie a lot. Whenever Bridget would ask Jennie to go somewhere with her, she would bring Brad along. Jennie felt left out and sad. Bridget and Brad broke up and got back together another time, and then she broke up with him for good at the end of the book.

11. How did Annie convince Danny they should get back together after the first time they broke up?

From Quiz Annie's Baby

Answer: She wrote a note to him and put it in his locker.

Annie and Danny went to a party in mid October with some of his friends. At the party, Danny got very drunk and had a fight with Annie on the way home. She was frightened by his behavior, but she still felt like she loved and needed him. Danny never returned any of her phone calls. Finally she wrote a note to him and put it in his locker. Later that night, he phoned Annie and said they should get back together.

12. What was the first drug the narrator tried?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice"

Answer: LSD

During the first summer she recorded in her diary, the girl's best friend, Beth, went off to summer camp, so the narrator went to stay with her grandparents. There she met Jill, a girl from her old town. Jill invited the subject to a party where she consumed a bottle of Coke with LSD dissolved in it. In the following weeks, the girl experimented with other drugs.

13. How did Katie sneak out to go to the dance with Mark?

From Quiz "Finding Katie"

Answer: She climbed down the fire escape

Mark invited Katie to his school's dance, and she agreed to go even though she knew her parents wouldn't let her. She finally figured out how to escape by climbing out the window and down the portable fire escape ladder. Then she climbed down the fence. Katie decided to put her dress in a bag and climb down in her underwear, just so she wouldn't snag her dress on anything.

14. What is the girl's birthday?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice" Quiz

Answer: September 20

We learn this because the girl provides entries on those days explaining that it is her birthday. Three birthdays pass through the duration of this book, and the middle one goes completely unnoticed by the girl herself.

15. Mr. Johnstone compared Jennie to what?

From Quiz Treacherous Love

Answer: Sunbeam

In the middle of February, Jennie's math teacher had to leave to take care of her sick mother. She was replaced by Mr. Johnstone, a funny, unique young man who was much like a student himself. Jennie liked him right away. After a few days of being in his class, Mr. Johnstone made her his teacher's assistant. One day when Jennie was in his room, Mr. Johnstone pointed to a sunbeam that was shining on his desk in a colorful vase. He said it was beautiful, but not as beautiful as she was.

16. What did Annie tell her mother to explain the way she looked after Danny had abused her?

From Quiz Annie's Baby

Answer: She said she had been hit by a car.

Right after Annie and Danny got back together, they were supposed to be going on a date. Instead Danny took her to his house, where, at first, they had no problems. But when Annie refused to do what he wanted, he became angry and raped and physically hurt her. Annie ran home and saw the way her clothes were torn and the bruises on her face. Trying to cover up what had happened, she slicked her clothes with motor oil and threw them in a bag. When her mother got home, she said she had been hit by a car, but not to report it because she wasn't hurt.

17. Where did the author go with Chris?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice"

Answer: San Francisco

When the girl returned home from her grandparents' house, she and an older girl named Chris started selling drugs with two college boys named Ted and Richie. When the girls had a falling out with the boys, Chris and the narrator decided to run away to San Francisco so Richie woouldn't turn them in for selling drugs to kids at the elementary and middle school.

18. Who is Mr. Johnstone in the diary "Treacherous Love"?

From Quiz Books By Beatrice Sparks

Answer: A substitute school teacher

Another book "edited" by Beatrice Sparks is "Treacherous Love", the diary of confused and victimized 14-year old Jennie. After her father leaves, Jennie's mother becomes depressed and distant. Jennie also become romantically involved with Mr. Johnstone, her substitute math teacher. While she continues to love him, she also feels their relationship is wrong. Finally she learns that he never really loved her and had a history of becoming involved with underage girls.

19. What was the first day the girl "experimented" with drugs?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice" Quiz

Answer: July 10

Not only did she provide an entry on July 10, but she also writes in several other entries that July 10 was the date in which she first tried drugs, or when she first "got on".

20. Who caught Jennie, Bridget, and Marcie using drugs?

From Quiz Treacherous Love

Answer: Marcie's father

Marcie moved back to her old school not long after she moved away. The three girls thought the way to solve all their problems was by smoking marijuana. One day they were on the back porch smoking when Marcie's dad, the high-ranking military officer, walked in on them. Bridget finally told her parents because she was afraid Marcie's dad would tell on her. Jennie eventually told her mother, but she didn't get punished.

21. What did Danny give Annie for Christmas?

From Quiz Annie's Baby

Answer: Bracelet

Annie and Danny got back together for a second time, even though he continued to abuse her and brainwash her into putting aside her own values for his. On Christmas Eve, Danny showed up at her house, acting like a perfect gentleman. He gave Annie a gold wrapped box, and inside was a bracelet with a flower charm.

22. What did Chris and the narrator sell at their shop?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice"

Answer: Jewelry

Chris and the girl lived in San Francisco for about a month. They worked low-paying jobs and lived in a run-down apartment. They also met a woman named Shelia who introduced them to heroin. Finally the girls decided it was too hard living in San Francisco, so they went to Berkeley and started a jewelry boutique. Their shop was open for only a few days before they packed up and went home.

23. What grade did Katie enter when she went to the new school?

From Quiz "Finding Katie"

Answer: 8th

When Katie was first found on the street and brought to the Salvation Army shelter, she told the people there she was 14 instead of 16. After she was taken in by the Jacksons, who were already taking care of four kids, Katie was place in 8th grade instead of her correct grade, 10th. She started to feel humiliated, then depressed when she couldn't be around people her age.

24. How many times does the girl run away from home?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice" Quiz

Answer: 2

Coincidentally, both times she runs away, the entries of her diary are very mixed and confused, and none of them have dates provided; as stated earlier, the girl had no sense of time.

25. What was the first gift Jennie received from Mr. Johnstone?

From Quiz Treacherous Love

Answer: Perfume

The more Jennie got to know Mr. Johnstone, the more she liked him. Mr. Johnstone was constantly giving her more attention than the other students, telling her how beautiful she was. Near the end of April, he gave her a bottle of Spring's Wild Rose perfume. In May Jennie wrapped the bottle in rose petals and gave it to her mother for Mother's Day.

26. Annie once had a nightmare about what?

From Quiz Annie's Baby

Answer: Having an abortion

Right after Annie found out she was pregnant, she asked her friend Tina for advice. Tina had recently had an abortion and told Annie all the details. A few days later, she had a dream about having an abortion. From then on, she was against the idea.

27. How did the subject get to Denver?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice"

Answer: She hitch-hiked.

The year after she went to California with Chris, the narrator began buying and selling drugs with the kids in her town. One night in March, she got high and hitch-hiked out to Denver. She only had $20 with her.

28. What happened to Dick and Frankie "Frog" after Katie caught them hurting Donita?

From Quiz "Finding Katie"

Answer: They ran away

One night in November, Katie caught Dick and Frog, two unruly boys the Jacksons were keeping, intentionally trying to hurt four-year old Donita. Katie hit Dick with a rock, then she left an anonymous note with their school principal about the incident. However the two boys ran away from the foster home before they could be punished.

29. What is the girl's biggest fear after death?

From Quiz "Go Ask Alice" Quiz

Answer: Being eaten by maggots and worms.

This fear is presented several times throughout the book, and more so after the girl's grandfather dies and she has to deal directly with his death. Then when she uses acid, her fears become her reality.

30. How did Jennie get to see Mr. Johnstone continuously over the summer?

From Quiz Treacherous Love

Answer: She became his aide at summer school.

Jennie was afraid she would never see Mr. Johnstone again after school let out for the summer. Right after school was out, he phoned Jennie and asked if she wanted to be his assistant when he taught summer school. She gladly accepted. During the summer, their friendship became much more personal until it was like they were dating. Jennie should have realized something was wrong then.

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