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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 Sterling's real girlfriend?

2. Claudette, Winter's group home roommate, is from _____________.

3. Where does Midnight take Winter shopping in Chapter 4?

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

5. What is the message Winter gives the lawyer in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Winter's father like?

6. Why does Midnight suddenly appear at the Santiaga home in Chapter 4?

7. What is Winter's relationship like with her friends in Brooklyn?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Discuss the use of descriptive and vulgar language and the impact these had on the narrative value of the novel.

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