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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. Whom does Winter want to give advice to at the end of the novel?

2. What feels like a luxury to Winter when she is on the outside for her mother's funeral?

3. What does Sister Souljah have all over the floor of her bedroom?

4. Sister Souljah refers to her sister Lauren as a ____________.

5. By the end of the novel, who owns a successful record shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bullet control Winter's every move?

3. How does Winter discover that she did not spend the night with GS?

4. How does Winter steal $7000 from Sister Souljah and then get away?

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 are the house rules at Sister Souljah's?

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

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

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

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

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

Who is the stronger voice for urban youth in this novel, Winter or Sister Souljah? What two contradictory messages are delivered through these two characters? Does Winter serve as a prime example of Sister Souljah's concern for the youth in her city?

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