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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 kind of animal does Mami buy to slaughter?

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

3. What does Ysrael wear to hide his injuries?

4. What is the name of the second section of the story?

5. What kind of weapon does Rafa give his brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the corner?

2. What happens to Papi when he drinks?

3. Why is Papi upset with the narrator?

4. How does the narrator feel when his girlfriend is released from the juvenile hall?

5. How did Papi and Mami try to cure the narrator of his car sickness?

6. Why does Papi push his way to the shower as soon as he arrives home?

7. How is school difficult for the narrator?

8. How does the aunt help out the narrator?

9. How do the family react when Papi sends them a second letter saying he is coming home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Yunior's upbringing has effected one of the following areas in his life.

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is the generational gap expressed in Drown particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Diaz's life. In what way is his life and personality reflected in the book?In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

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