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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. The women in Samuel’s first foster-family work in a factory making which of the following?

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

3. In what year does Samuel suffer pneumonia?

4. Which of the following of Rudolph’s smells of citrus?

5. To which restaurant does Frank take Selena?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nadine introduce herself to Samuel?

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

4. What attracts Nadine to Samuel?

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

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

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. For what reason had Peter been arrested?

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

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

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

Assuming that The Wind Knows My Name should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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