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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. What is the name of the foster-mother Summer has in the beginning of the novel?

2. Hunter has a radio remote show from the game between UNR and what team in the novel?

3. What is the name of Summer's boyfriend?

4. Who learns that his father is upset because Kristina has been in contact about another of her schemes in the beginning of the novel?

5. Whom does Hunter offer to move in with after problems arise with his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Autumn know about her biological parents in the beginning of the novel?

2. What upsets Autumn about her aunt's evolving relationship with Liam in the novel?

3. How is Hunter's tendency toward infidelity illustrated as an addiction in the novel?

4. Why is Nikki upset about her family in the beginning of the novel? How does Hunter relate?

5. Who does Summer first become intimate with in the novel? How is this event described?

6. Describe the stylistic elements of Fallout. How is the novel divided into sections? What effect does the style have on the reader?

7. Describe the character of Kristina Snow Shepherd. What is Kristina's history in the Crank series? How is Kristina viewed by her children?

8. What are the causes of Autumn's anxiety and insecurity leading up to Thanksgiving in the novel?

9. How do Hunter's insecurities about his family impact his current relationship in the novel?

10. With whom is Summer having a relationship in the beginning of the novel? How does she feel about her boyfriend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, analyze and discuss the themes of abandonment and neglect in the novel. What effects have been seen in Kristina's children of their abandonment by their parents? How has their neglect or abandonment affected them differently. How are the older children's experiences better or worse than those of the elder children?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the theme of teenage pregnancy in the novel. How old was Kristina when she first gave birth? How is teenage pregnancy foreshadowed in both of Kristina's daughters in the narrative? How is teenage pregnancy related to the theme of responsibility?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the cycle of addiction in the novel. In what ways are the sins of the parents revisited on Kristina's children? Who shows tendencies for chemical dependency in the novel and in what ways? What are the underlying causes for these tendencies?

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