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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 Midnight want Winter to go to for help when he leaves town?

2. What is the name of Santiaga's mistress?

3. How much money does Winter make in her first two weeks at the group home?

4. How many years has Midnight worked for Santiaga?

5. How far is the bus stop from Winter's new house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winter want from Will in Chapter 9?

2. Describe what Winter is like in the first six chapters of the novel.

3. How did Midnight manage to stay out of jail while Santiaga and all his associates are in prison?

4. What is Winter's main concern after her mother returns from the hospital with her disfigured face?

5. What does Winter decide is her best plan of action after meeting with the lawyer in Chapter 7?

6. What is Winter's relationship like with her mother?

7. What does Winter discover about her father when she takes her mother to visit him in prison?

8. What does the lawyer tell Winter and her mother after Mrs. Santiaga gets out of jail?

9. What happens when Winter goes back to Brooklyn to see her old friends in Chapter 8?

10. What is the fate of Winter's sisters after they are picked up by the Bureau of Child Welfare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of life and death in the novel in terms of both physical death and spiritual death.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of media and commercial images used throughout the novel. What purpose do they serve? Do they enhance the reader's experience or distract the reader?

Essay Topic 3

How do the cultural and historical aspects of the setting impact the narrative? How do they impact the themes of fate and free will?

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