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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 the Santiagas' housekeeper?

2. How much money does Winter have at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. Winter believes that her father is not a ___________, but he is just a businessman.

4. Whom does Santiaga want Winter to marry?

5. Whom does Midnight want Winter to go to for help when he leaves town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Winter learn about Midnight from Rashida?

3. What is Mrs. Santiaga's first concern after she is released from jail?

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

5. What are Winter's feelings about Brooklyn?

6. What happens on Winter's sixteenth birthday?

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

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

9. What is Winter's elaborate plan to celebrate her seventeenth birthday?

10. What happens when Winter visits her father's lawyer in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the difference between the flat and round characters in The Coldest Winter Ever. What purpose did Winter serve in the narrative? What purpose did Midnight serve?

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of the hip hop music scene throughout the novel? Do you think the novel accurately portrays that world? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the stark difference between Winter's perception of her life and the ugly reality of her choices and dire situation.

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