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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. Where is Samuel able to secure treatment for Anita?

2. To which of the following does Selena compare her erstwhile fiancé?

3. How many years had Edu been working at the indigo workshop?

4. Into what grade is Anita enrolled?

5. In what year does the eldest of the Durán women arrive in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Samuel recall that prompts him to help Anita?

2. Why does Selena remark Anita has been extended some leniency by the judge hearing her case?

3. What does Samuel note his grandson deserves?

4. Why does Samuel remark that Anita will never get over the trauma she has experienced?

5. How does Anita’s father die?

6. Why does Leticia abstain from politics?

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

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

9. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ethics of Leticia's review of Nadine's diaries. Is she right to undertake the project? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the protagonist of The Wind Knows My Name? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does The Wind Knows My Name bear as much out?

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