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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 one of the books that Midnight offers Winter in Chapter 4?
2. Where does Winter spend the night after she escapes Simone's attack?
3. How many days does Winter stay in bed at the group home after Santiaga refuses to see her?
4. What does Santiaga buy his wife as a present after the shooting?
5. In Chapter 7, Mrs. Santiaga is put on a waiting list for __________.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the lawyer tell Winter and her mother after Mrs. Santiaga gets out of jail?
2. What are Winter's feelings about Brooklyn?
3. What is Winter's elaborate plan to celebrate her seventeenth birthday?
4. What seems to be Winter's priorities as she meets with Midnight in Chapter 7?
5. What is Winter's father like?
6. What happens when Winter tries to rent an apartment in Chapter 8?
7. What happens the first time Winter escapes Long Island to go into Brooklyn?
8. What actions does Winter take to survive at the beginning of Chapter 7?
9. What is Mrs. Santiaga's first concern after she is released from jail?
10. What happens when Winter returns from celebrating her seventeenth birthday with her Brooklyn friends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the nature of Winter's relationship with her mother? What purpose does Mrs. Santiaga's character serve in the novel? What message does Sister Souljah have about mothers and daughters?
Essay Topic 2
How is winter an appropriate, extended metaphor for the main character's life in the The Coldest Winter Ever? Will there ever be spring or summer in the life of Winter Santiaga?
Essay Topic 3
What is ironic about Winter's attitude in prison? How does the author draw on this irony to illustrate a greater truth?
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