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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 newspaper do Yunior's customers lay down on the front path?

2. Where did the girlfriend say she saw a fist fight?

3. What exercises does Papi like to do?

4. What does Ysrael look for outside of the bars?

5. What part of the world is the girlfriend's cure for sleepwalking from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Papi's back injury affect him?

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

3. Summarize the book?

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

5. How does Ysrael describe the pig?

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

7. What does Yunior do in the shop?

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

9. What is Yunior's job?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the stories. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period and setting? How does Diaz use character and setting to express his themes?

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

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

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