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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 does Papi dream about?

2. What did Stefan have a passion for?

3. What is the name of Yunior's nemesis?

4. What did Mami injure Papi's cheek with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ysrael meet in the doctor's waiting room?

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

3. How does Papi put Mami and the children into trouble?

4. How does Ysrael describe the pig?

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

6. Why does Yunior need to avoid Howie when he is on a date?

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

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

9. Where do Halfies always say about their parents?

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

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

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 3

Examine Latino life.

1) What are Latino's and how do they view life?

2) What influence have Latinos had on popular culture?

3) How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of Latino life? How has Latino life shaped him?

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