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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. At what age does Selena’s grandmother begin to experience her paranormal gifts?

2. What appellation is given to the site of the mass grave in El Salvador?

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

4. In what neighborhood had Anita’s mother worked?

5. In what part of El Salvador had Anita’s mother lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Gómez invite Selena in?

10. How does Anita’s father die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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