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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 is the name of the narrator's brother?

2. What transport do Mami and Yunior take to the mall?

3. What are the two boys going to the shop to buy for their uncle?

4. What is the nationality of the woman Papi is having an affair with?

5. What does Yunior hope the kids don't ask from him at the mall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader know about Papi from the other stories?

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

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

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

5. Why is Papi upset with the narrator?

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

7. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

8. What does Papi tell Mami on the phone?

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

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

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 2

Ignatius has a difficult relationship with his father. Why is a father's relationship with his child so important? How has Yunior' relationship with his father shaped his character?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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