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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 father that teaches Ysrael to read?

2. What does it say on front of the girlfriend's t-shirt?

3. What did the people in Bath have to replace in the 1950s?

4. Where did Papi first find a job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the book?

2. Why do dogs cause Ysrael problems?

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

4. Why does Yunior like listening to the couple in the bathroom?

5. How does Yunior describe most of his customers?

6. Why can Yunior not forget about his girlfriend?

7. What does Yunior suggest you should do before your date arrives?

8. What does Yunior say is the differences between the different types of girls?

9. How do the different types of girls act on dates?

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

Compare Yunior's character to the person he was in the Dominican Republic he is at the end of the book.

1) What does Yunior hope to achieve in America?

2) What events changes Yunior's ideas about life?

3) How has Yunior's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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