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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 was the birthday party for GS?

2. Where in Florida does Bullet take Winter for her eighteenth birthday?

3. Who is Lauren's favorite hip-hop artist?

4. Whom does Winter suspect Bullet has killed?

5. How much money did Santiaga want Dulce to give Winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sister Souljah tell the women who attend the meetings in her home?

2. What does Winter discover at the Marriott after she runs away from Sister Souljahs? How does she cope with this setback?

3. What happens when Winter and Lauren go to a private party hoping to find GS in Chapter 15?

4. What happens when Winter is allowed to leave prison and attend her mother's funeral?

5. Why does Bullet want to rent a car to get his drugs and guns to Baltimore?

6. Why does Bullet want to make Winter his girl?

7. What does Sister Souljah tell the women at Riker's Island, and what effect does it have on Winter?

8. What is Winter's life like with Bullet?

9. Why does Bullet ask Winter about Midnight as they plan their trip to Baltimore?

10. How does Winter get captured by the police while Bullet walks away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the cultural and historical aspects of the setting impact the narrative? How do they impact the themes of fate and free will?

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 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?

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