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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Autumn begin to do in an attempt to keep her anxiety about the wedding under control in the fourth section of the novel?
(a) Drink.
(b) Use heroin.
(c) Use crystal meth.
(d) Take anxiety pills.

2. Whom does Autumn's aunt announce she is marrying on Thanksgiving?
(a) Bill.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Liam.
(d) Peter.

3. Hunter attends a party one night that features a bowl full of ___________.
(a) Liqour bottles.
(b) LSD.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Prescription pills.

4. The new foster home Summer is sent to in the novel has how many other girls living there?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

5. On the night of her aunt's wedding rehearsal, Autumn is almost unable to make it to the church for what reason?
(a) She's drunk.
(b) She gets lost on the way.
(c) She's got a stomach virus.
(d) She's stoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, and an obsessive fear of gaining weight?

2. Methamphetamine is dispensed in the United States under what trademark name?

3. Kyle has to spend the day in what city on Thanksgiving?

4. Hunter sees a man who has the same eyes as he does as he makes his way _____________.

5. Whom does Autumn invite over while Aunt Cora is gone looking for a wedding church in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Summer feel about her decision to run away from her foster home in the novel? Why?

2. What are Summer's experiences with each of her parents like on Thanksgiving in the novel? What does she discover about her family?

3. Describe the day of Cora's wedding in the novel. Who arrives and what confrontations take place?

4. Whom does Hunter move in with after leaving his parents' house in the novel? Why? What party does Hunter attend at this time?

5. What discussions does Hunter have with his adoptive parents after leaving Nikki in the novel? What does Hunter learn?

6. What does Hunter learn from Brendan about his past in the novel? How has Brendan changed?

7. What risks does Autumn take in her first sexual encounter in the novel? What has led to this behavior?

8. What stops Hunter from taking the pills at the "pharm party" in the novel? When does he take them?

9. Where does Kyle spend Thanksgiving in the novel? How does Summer feel about his absence?

10. Where do Summer and Kyle go after running away in the novel? What are their plans?

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