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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. Whom does Autumn decide she wants to meet after talking with Trey after the wedding?

2. 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?

3. Autumn nearly raped by whom at her aunt's wedding?

4. Who moves into Hunter's family home, wreaking havoc on everything and everyone in the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What encounter does Hunter have at the Sparks Hometown Christmas Parade in the novel? Who advises him against his actions?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss Summer's relationships with Ashante and Erica in the novel. How long does Summer live in the foster home with these girls? What leads up to Summer's violent confrontation with Erica? Who breaks up the confrontation and what is its effect on the family?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the insecurity and isolation which plague Autumn in the novel. Why does Autumn feel incapable of being loved? How did her parents' actions contribute to Autumn's insecurity and inferiority complexes? How does she attempt to overcome them?

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