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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 Yunior call mixed race people?

2. What does Ysrael buy after his lessons?

3. What did Papi take a bus to when he left Miami?

4. What does the fat boy say he going to make Ysrael into?

5. What did the Ghanian doctor give the boys while they worked?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do dogs cause Ysrael problems?

3. How does Yunior describe most of his customers?

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

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

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

7. How does Ysrael describe the pig?

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

9. How does Pruit almost get Yunior fired?

10. Why can Yunior not forget about his girlfriend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Yunior's life.

1) Rafa

2) His father

3) His mother

4) Beto

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