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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 nationality is Loretta's new boyfriend?

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

3. How does Yunior say the girlfriend was staring into her coffee?

4. Who sometimes sleeps in the alleyways?

5. What kind of cheese does Yunior say to clear from the fridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ysrael describe the pig?

2. Why can Yunior not forget about his girlfriend?

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

4. How does Yunior describe most of his customers?

5. What does Yunior say is the differences between the different types of girls?

6. How does Ysrael show his superhuman strength to the cleaning lady?

7. How do the different types of girls act on dates?

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

9. Why does Yunior like listening to the couple in the bathroom?

10. What does Yunior do in the shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

1) Rafa

2) His father

3) His mother

4) Beto

Essay Topic 3

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is the generational gap expressed in Drown particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

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