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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 Yunior call his mother?

2. Why do the school kids share their books with the poor kids at a distance?

3. What does Sinverguenzas mean?

4. What does the narrator's aunt give him to eat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ysrael try to help the two boys?

2. What homosexual experiences has Yunior had?

3. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

4. How does Papi try to prevent the narrator from eating at the party?

5. What is chapter four about?

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

7. How does Mami react when Papi writes that he is coming home?

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

9. How did Ysrael disfigure his face?

10. Why is Mami afraid of living in her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character examine the way Diaz uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare American and Latino culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) How have the two cultures influenced each other?

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