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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 Santiaga want Winter to marry?

2. What color is the carpet in Winter's family apartment?

3. Where does Winter meet Midnight at a restaurant in Chapter 7?

4. What is the name of Winter's first sugar daddy?

5. In Chapter 5, where does Winter say there is a party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Winter's sixteenth birthday?

2. What does the lawyer tell Winter and her mother after Mrs. Santiaga gets out of jail?

3. What happens to Winter and her family in the days after Santiaga is arrested?

4. What is Winter's main concern after her mother returns from the hospital with her disfigured face?

5. What is Winter's father like?

6. What is the fate of Winter's sisters after they are picked up by the Bureau of Child Welfare?

7. What does Winter discover about her birthday celebration when she meets with Midnight in Chapter 7?

8. What happens when Winter returns from celebrating her seventeenth birthday with her Brooklyn friends?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the nature of Winter's relationship with her mother? What purpose does Mrs. Santiaga's character serve in the novel? What message does Sister Souljah have about mothers and daughters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the character Bullet was used throughout the novel. Contrast his qualities and choices to those of Midnight and Ricky Santiaga.

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