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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 refers to a perception in the absence of a stimulus?

2. Who is heartbroken and promises to find a way so they can be together when Summer is sent to a foster family?

3. Who has been ill since her aunt's wedding, causing Autumn to believe she has the same stomach flu?

4. What is an impulse control disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pick at one's own skin, often to the extent that damage is caused?

5. Where does Aunt Cora go to look for a church for her wedding in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Trey tell Autumn about her childhood when he arrives at Aunt Cora's house after the wedding? What does this inspire Autumn to do?

4. What leads to the greatest increase in instability for Summer's character in the novel? How does she feel about her situation?

5. How does Autumn feel about the wedding planning for her aunt after Thanksgiving in the novel? Who does she invite over while her aunt is away?

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

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

8. Where does Autumn spend Thanksgiving dinner in the novel? How does she feel about this setting?

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

10. What is Hunter's reaction upon first seeing the man he believes to be his biological father in the novel? Where does this take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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