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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. Who has Yunior had homosexual experiences with?

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

3. What kind of game is selo?

4. What is the name of the narrator's girlfriend?

5. How does Rafa learn to read?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rafa beat up Ysrael?

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

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

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

6. How is school difficult for the narrator?

7. How does the aunt help out the narrator?

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

9. How did Ysrael disfigure his face?

10. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Identify the main themes of the stories. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period and setting? How does Diaz use character and setting to express his themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. Explain how does Diaz's dialogue contributes to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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