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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 does Nadine have her picture taken?

2. What is the last name of Rudolph’s assistant?

3. On what day does Samuel leave Vienna for England?

4. What food does Anita value that Edu makes?

5. Of what faith are the Evanses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel report the English handle the German war efforts against them?

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

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

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

5. Where does Anita assert Azabahar is located?

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

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

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

9. For what reasons is Samuel exempted from military service?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The novel remarks that many Central and South American countries suffered massive social upheaval in the 1970s and 1980s. Why, then, does El Salvador receive focus? That is, how does the specific focus on El Salvador shape the novel, or, how would the novel differ were a different Latin American country made its focus? Explain based on the text and your own experience.

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