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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 buy after his lessons?

2. What do Howie's mutts like to tear to shreds?

3. What does the rock chick use to kill roaches?

4. Where did Papi first find a job?

5. What will a white girl say she likes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pruit almost get Yunior fired?

2. Summarize the book?

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

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

5. How does Papi put Mami and the children into trouble?

6. What is Yunior's job?

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

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

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

10. How do the boys injure Ysrael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diaz wrote the stories in Drown in the first person. Why do you think Diaz chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the stories would change if Diaz wrote them in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Drown is a collection of short stories. What are the differences between a short story and a novel in terms of the following?

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

Essay Topic 3

Compare American and Latino culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) How have the two cultures influenced each other?

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