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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. Where is Santiaga being sent in Chapter 6?

2. What is the amount of Santiaga's bail?

3. In what month is Winter's birthday?

4. What concert does Winter go to in Chapter 9?

5. How much does the landlady in Chapter 8 ask Winter for a deposit on an apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. After her mom is shot, what does Santiaga tell his daughter?

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

3. What are Winter's feelings about Brooklyn?

4. What happens to Winter after she discovers that her father is no longer at Riker's?

5. What does Winter notice as she rides in Midnight's car after her mother has been shot?

6. What actions does Winter take to survive at the beginning of Chapter 7?

7. What happens the first time Winter escapes Long Island to go into Brooklyn?

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

9. What does Winter discover about Midnight as she meets with him one more time to get her father's money?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What qualities does Winter embody both as a character and as a narrator of the story? What makes her a reliable or unreliable narrator?

Essay Topic 2

What is the lasting impression that The Coldest Winter Ever makes on the reader? What do you think the author's intent was in writing this novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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