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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 Ysrael look for outside of the bars?

2. What does Papi dream about?

3. What did Mami injure Papi's cheek with?

4. What does Yunior say that tia likes to squeeze?

5. What language does Lou teach Ysrael?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Papi's back injury affect him?

2. Why does Yunior need to avoid Howie when he is on a date?

3. Why do dogs cause Ysrael problems?

4. How does Papi plan to get his family to the USA?

5. What is Yunior's job?

6. Why does Yunior think the boyfriend is going to leave his girlfriend?

7. Why does Papi wake up in a cold sweat?

8. Why does Yunior think the couple must be models?

9. What happens when Yunior drives the girl back home?

10. What does Yunior predict at the end of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Drown is a collection of short stories What are the mechanics of a short story in terms of the following?

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

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

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?

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