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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. Where does Yunior take his mother in this story?

2. What part of Ysrael's body did the pig eat off?

3. What were Yunior and Beto robbing when security caught them?

4. What kind of people do Yunior and his friends like to abuse?

5. Which of the narrator's friends has an afro?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the narrator and his friend Beto out of control?

2. What is happening when the narrator returns with the burgers?

3. What is chapter four about?

4. How does the narrator spend the evening with his girlfriend?

5. Why did the narrator and his brother spend their summers with their uncle?

6. How is school difficult for the narrator?

7. Who do the narrator and Cut sell drugs to?

8. How did security catch Beto and Yunior shoplifting?

9. How does Rafa treat his brother in the city?

10. How does Rafa beat up Ysrael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diaz wrote the stories in Drown in the first person. Why do you think Diaz chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the stories would change if Diaz wrote them in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the book and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure of the stories; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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