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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. At what age does Volker’s son die?

2. Which of the following types of silver had Nadine had in her trousseau?

3. In what year was Dollfuss assassinated?

4. Members of which battalion assail Leticia’s home village?

5. In what year was Peter arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Samuel and other children taught at his aunt Leah’s home?

3. What about jazz infatuates Samuel?

4. Why does Leticia avoid discussing her background with people in the United States?

5. How does Anita describe her guardian angel?

6. For what reason had Peter been arrested?

7. How does Anita tell her sister to respond when she feels like crying?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early on, the comment is made that “the crowd’s raw, savage energy was contagious and even exhilarating,” such that a character “had to reject the impulse to transform into a monster, to destroy, burn, and shout till he had no air left in his lungs” (20). What does the comment indicate about mass action? Do the novel and experience confirm the indication? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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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