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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 Kristina's mother?

2. What is the name of Autumn's father?

3. Who is distant and openly disgusted to Summer's ordeal and the cut on her face?

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

5. Who is Kristina's oldest child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Hunter's character introduced in the novel? What is his family setting like? How does Hunter feel about his parents?

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

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

5. Describe Summer's family and living arrangements in the beginning of the novel. What separated Summer from her father?

6. What happens when Nikki sees Hunter being flirted with by fans in the novel? What advice does Montana give Hunter?

7. Why does Marie Haskins go to Las Vegas in the novel? What does Hunter learn has happened with his mother there?

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

9. Who has abused Summer's young foster sister Ashante in the novel? How does Summer discover this fact?

10. Describe the character of Trey Shepherd. What was Trey's relationship with Kristina like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Autumn's relationship with her aunt and grandfather in the novel. How has Autumn's childhood illustrated greater stability than those of her siblings? What does Autumn know about her father and how does she feel about his abandonment?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the career of author Ellen Hopkins and discuss the principle characters, subjects and themes in the Crank series. How old is Kristina Snow when she is introduced in the first novel, Crank? What are the effects of Kristina's actions in the first two novels? How do the first two novels of the series relate to the subjects in Fallout?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the dangers of pharmaceutical drug abuse and the trend of "pharm parties" in America. What risks does Hunter take by using unknown drugs on Thanksgiving? How does this reflect Hunter's unstable emotional state and the mistakes of his parents?

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