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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. Which of the following juices do Selena and Frank drink at the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

2. What is the name of Anita’s uncle?

3. With which of the following does Leticia learn Nadine had had an affair?

4. What is the name of the dog Leticia adopts?

5. Which of the following afflicts Samuel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Selena react to the autopsies of those exhumed from the mass grave in El Salvador?

3. What history does Leticia find for Samuel’s home?

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

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

6. Why does Leticia hesitate to buy clothes for Anita?

7. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

8. Why does Anita note that invisibility is useful?

9. How does Anita’s father die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does the reputation of Selena’s grandmother and the actions she takes that support it influence your understanding of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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