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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. With which of the following is Samuel employed?

2. How old is Samuel when he determines to visit New Orleans?

3. After which of the following is Camille named?

4. Which of her relatives does Nadine note was Black?

5. Which of the following does Samuel attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what do the people of Leticia’s home village attempt to treat her stomach problems?

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

3. What reasons does Samuel give for avoiding intimate liaisons with students?

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

5. What is Frank’s specific assignment with Anita?

6. What occasions the rumors that trouble Rudolph as the novel begins?

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

8. How does Nadine demonstrate her fellowship with her community in London?

9. How does Volker mark the end of World War I?

10. How does Leticia’s third husband leave her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the appearance of the novel’s title in the text, when Anita comments “The wind knows my name” (163).

Essay Topic 2

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of The Wind Knows My Name do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the compression and expansion of time in the novel, with some chapters covering decades and others a month or less. What effect does this have on the reader, and how does the effect come across?

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