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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 Selena’s grandmother?

2. What cocktail does Lola order with Frank’s contact at the U.S. embassy?

3. What is the name of Anita’s sister?

4. Where is Samuel able to secure treatment for Anita?

5. What profession does Leticia’s daughter hold?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Samuel note that stripping children from their parents is deeply American?

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

4. What does Samuel note his grandson deserves?

5. Why does Gómez invite Selena in?

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

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

8. Why does Selena’s fiancé take well to his profession?

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

10. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of The Wind Knows My Name on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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

Consider the compression and expansion of time in the novel, with some chapters covering decades and others a month or less. What effect does this have on the reader, and how does the effect come across?

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