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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. What is the name of Leticia’s father?

2. With whom of the following does Nadine conduct an affair?

3. Which of the following does Anita call Vómito de Iguana?

4. With which of the following does Nadine have her picture taken?

5. In what city do Samuel and Nadine wed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Samuel compelled to argue in favor of taking his violin to England?

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

4. How does Anita describe her guardian angel?

5. Why is Samuel denied the opportunity to teach the history of jazz?

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

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

8. Why does Nadine thrill at the revelation of Samuel’s ancestry?

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

10. How does Nadine introduce herself to Samuel?

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

Overall, what is the most important theme of The Wind Knows My Name. What in the text indicates as much? 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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