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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. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

2. To which of the following does Nadine take Camille?

3. After which of the following is Camille named?

4. In what apartment does Volker live?

5. In what year was the Communist Party outlawed in Austria?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rudolph explain to Peter his people’s predilection for education?

2. What prompts Samuel’s family to move to San Francisco?

3. Where does Anita assert Azabahar is located?

4. What difficulties does Samuel face with his first foster-family in England?

5. What about jazz infatuates Samuel?

6. What ruses does Peter enact to gain access to the facility where Rudolph is being held?

7. How does Rudolph attempt to ease the sense of foreboding he feels at the beginning of the novel?

8. For what reason does Frank volunteer for the Magnolia Project?

9. How does Anita describe her guardian angel?

10. For what reason had Peter been arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

What character is the protagonist of The Wind Knows My Name? How does the novel support such an assertion?

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