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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 does Winter eat at the diner after she leaves the lawyer's office in Chapter 7?

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

3. In Chapter 5, where does Winter say there is a party?

4. What is the name of Winter's favorite worker for her father?

5. Winter tells Santiaga she is going to a party on her seventeeth birthday with _____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Winter returns from celebrating her seventeenth birthday with her Brooklyn friends?

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

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

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

8. What does Winter learn about Midnight from Rashida?

9. What seems to be Winter's priorities as she meets with Midnight in Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sister Souljah as both an author and a character in the novel. What impact did her character have on the narrative intent and the reader's experience?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of love in the novel. Are any characters actions motivated by pure love? What seems to be the strongest character motivation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the character Bullet was used throughout the novel. Contrast his qualities and choices to those of Midnight and Ricky Santiaga.

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