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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 cocktail does Lola order at dinner with Selena and Frank?

2. At what beach do Selena and Frank find Anita’s uncle?

3. Whom of the following is the first the author acknowledges?

4. In what neighborhood does Frank’s client live?

5. What law school does Selena attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gómez invite Selena in?

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

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

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

5. What accident befell Anita and her sister?

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

7. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

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

9. What does Samuel note his grandson deserves?

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

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

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of The Wind Knows My Name? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the appearance of the novel’s title in the text, when Anita comments “The wind knows my name” (163).

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