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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 does the narrator call his father?

2. What does the narrator say before he throws up?

3. Where is Beto leaving for at the end of the summer?

4. What does Aguantando mean?

5. What does Rafa call the girl's large breasts?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is school difficult for the narrator?

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

3. What happens to Papi when he drinks?

4. How does the aunt help out the narrator?

5. How does Mami react when Papi does not come?

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

7. In what condition is the narrator's girlfriend?

8. What is chapter four about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Diaz's writing style. How would you describe Diaz's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does Diaz's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Drown is a collection of short stories. What are the differences between a short story and a novel in terms of the following?

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

Essay Topic 3

Examine Latino life.

1) What are Latino's and how do they view life?

2) What influence have Latinos had on popular culture?

3) How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of Latino life? How has Latino life shaped him?

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