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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. Hunter's father tells him that a court order requiring him to _____________changed his life from being a drug addict.
(a) Move out of state.
(b) Join the military.
(c) Go to rehab.
(d) Join a church.

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

3. Where is Summer told she is moving to live with a foster family after her father's arrest?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Fargo, North Dakota.
(d) Fresno, California.

4. Summer's father lets slip that she has ________ on Thanksgiving.
(a) A daughter.
(b) A brother.
(c) A son.
(d) A sister.

5. What is a chronic cardiac condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated?
(a) Hallucination.
(b) Dermatillomania.
(c) Hypertension.
(d) Tachypnea.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who reveals to Autumn the reason she knows nothing about her parents or her extended family?

4. Autumn has Thanksgiving dinner in what city in the novel?

5. Whom does Summer argue with on the telephone on Thanksgiving?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What confrontations does Summer have with her mother and father after her father spends the weekend in jail in the novel?

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

5. What is foreshadowed by Autumn's illness in the novel? Who suggests a potential cause for the illness?

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

7. What is the reader left wondering after Hunter's first interaction with his potential biological father in the novel?

8. What leads Autumn to begin drinking in the novel? Where does this first show to be a problem?

9. What happens after Nikki discovers Hunter's infidelity in the novel? Where does Hunter move?

10. Who advises Hunter to let his obsession with his biological father go in the novel? What does he do instead?

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