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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. Where has the narrator's father gone to?

2. Which character becomes loud and argumentative at the party?

3. What is the name of the narrator's girlfriend?

4. What game do the kids play at the party?

5. What kind of photos does Yunior have of his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Papi and Mami try to cure the narrator of his car sickness?

2. What happens at the corner?

3. What happens to Papi when he drinks?

4. Why is Mami afraid of living in her apartment?

5. How does Mami react when Papi does not come?

6. Why is Papi upset with the narrator?

7. Why did the narrator and his brother spend their summers with their uncle?

8. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

9. How does Mami react when Papi writes that he is coming home?

10. How does Papi try to prevent the narrator from eating at the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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