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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. Which of the following does Samuel attend?

2. With which of the following is Samuel employed?

3. When does Volker join his nation’s military?

4. Until what time does Rudolph usually work?

5. From which of the following does Lidia Evans suffer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Selena’s family want her to take up with her long-term fiancé?

6. For what reason had Peter been arrested?

7. For what reason does Samuel express preference for violin over piano?

8. Why is Volker’s presence at the Chilean consulate a complicating factor?

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

10. What attracts Nadine to Samuel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does The Wind Knows My Name bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of The Wind Knows My Name on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than historical fiction might The Wind Knows My Name be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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