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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 girl that Wayne wants to talk about?

2. What kind of animal does Pesao throw stones at?

3. What kind of movies did Papi take his children to?

4. What does the narrator say the maid smells like?

5. What exercises does Papi like to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Yunior describe most of his customers?

3. Why do dogs cause Ysrael problems?

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

5. How does Pruit almost get Yunior fired?

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

7. Why can Yunior not forget about his girlfriend?

8. When does Yunior say you should make your move?

9. How does Ysrael describe the pig?

10. How does Ysrael injure himself when he dreams of the pig?

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

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 3

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?

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