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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 Yunior's father's first name?

2. Which housemate does Papi like the least?

3. What is the name of Yunior's colleague?

4. What does Yunior think the couple do for a living?

5. How does Yunior say the girlfriend's hair makes her look?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Yunior's job?

3. How does Ysrael show his superhuman strength to the cleaning lady?

4. How does Yunior punish the customers if they don't leave a tip?

5. How does Yunior describe most of his customers?

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

7. Summarize the book?

8. Why do dogs cause Ysrael problems?

9. Who does Ysrael meet in the doctor's waiting room?

10. How do the boys injure Ysrael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the stories and helps to express character and theme.

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

Essay Topic 2

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements.

1) In Drown, Diaz portrays Latino culture in a negative light.

2) The book is about growing up and the final two stories, told from different points of view, shows how far Yunior had come from the early days of drug dealing and stealing.

3) Yunior's stealing and homophobic behavior is the side product of poverty and being an outsider.

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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