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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. Into what grade is Anita enrolled?

2. What is the name of Samuel’s grandson?

3. What is the name of Selena’s erstwhile fiancé?

4. What is the name of Frank’s contact at the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

5. In what month does news of the mass grave in El Salvador reach Samuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leticia range widely in her pre-dinner drinks?

2. What accident befell Anita and her sister?

3. How does Frank know his contact at the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

4. What does Leticia note as an early sign of the fall of Samuel’s grandson?

5. Why does Selena note being invested in Anita’s case?

6. When does Anita note that invisibility is not useful?

7. Why does Leticia buy decaf coffee for her employer?

8. How had Cruz helped Nadine’s work with immigrants?

9. To what are the preternatural abilities of the Durán women attributed?

10. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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