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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 Bullet try to teach Winter while they are in Florida?

2. Who has adopted the Santiaga twins?

3. How old is Winter when she attends her mother's funeral?

4. What is Midnight's real name?

5. What kind of benefit is Sister Souljah speaking at in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Winter's feelings for her father as she builds her relationship with Bullet?

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

3. What does Sister Souljah question the women about in the meetings in her apartment?

4. What happens to Winter when she and Bullet stop in Brooklyn to leave his car before their trip to Baltimore?

5. What does Winter learn from the letters from Santiaga her mother gave the fateful day she was arrested?

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

7. Why does Winter decide to get an abortion?

8. How does Simone attack Winter when she gets into the rental car in Chapter 19?

9. What is Winter's life like in prison?

10. Why does Winter agree to stay at Sister Souljah's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Winter often refers to her lifestyle as a game and her choices as strategic moves in the game. What do you think Winter means by this? What are the rules to Winter's game? Who makes the rules? Does Winter win or lose the game?

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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