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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 country invaded the Domincan Republic in 1965?

2. What country is the first story set in?

3. What part of America do the family move to?

4. Who supports the family while the father is gone?

5. What does the narrator compare his girlfriend's skinniness to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Papi tell Mami on the phone?

2. What happens to Papi when he drinks?

3. What happens at the corner?

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

5. What is chapter four about?

6. How does the narrator feel when his girlfriend is released from the juvenile hall?

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

8. What happens to Rafa and the narrator on the bus?

9. Why does Papi push his way to the shower as soon as he arrives home?

10. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare American and Latino culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) How have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements.

1) In Drown, Diaz portrays Latino culture in a negative light.

2) The book is about growing up and the final two stories, told from different points of view, shows how far Yunior had come from the early days of drug dealing and stealing.

3) Yunior's stealing and homophobic behavior is the side product of poverty and being an outsider.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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