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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. Who shares the foster home in which Summer lives in the beginning of the novel?

2. Who is Kristina's oldest child?

3. What is the name of Kristina's biological mother?

4. Kristina's mother flies to __________ to care for Kristina after she is beat up by her boyfriend.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Autumn's emotional status in the beginning of the novel. What is the cause of Autumn's feelings of isolation?

9. What leads up to Autumn's first kiss in the novel? What causes her anxiety before this event?

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

Describe and discuss the impact of Kristina's actions on her mother, Marie Haskins, and her stepfather, Scott Haskins. In what ways has Marie defended and even enabled her daughter's harmful behavior? Why? How have Kristina's actions impacted her siblings?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of sexual abuse in the novel. Which characters have been abused and by whom? Who is to blame for the abuse that Kristina's children have suffered and why? In what ways did Kristina herself face sexual abuse?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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