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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 afflicts Samuel?

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

3. Which of the following is the first to call Leticia?

4. What profession does Leticia’s daughter hold?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Selena note confusion at her erstwhile fiancé’s love for her?

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

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

4. Why is Gómez isolated in prison?

5. How does Anita’s father die?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Frank bring port with him when he first visits the Durán home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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