Ysrael Short Story By Junot Diaz
This is a practice quiz to gage your understanding of the plot, themes and main characters in Junot Diaz's short story, "Ysrael".
- 1.Consider the different male characters in this story. What is the theme of this story? Which character best supports this theme?
- 2.Why does Rafa and the other boys make fun of Yunior's Haitian features? What does this refer to in Dominican Republican history?
- 3.What fascinates Rafa, Yunior and the other boys about Ysrael?
- A.
He is going to America.
- B.
He is a wrestler.
- C.
He wears a mask to hide his disfigured face.
- D.
He is a Haitian.
- 4.Which main character represents the emphasis placed on masculinity in the Dominican Republic?
- A.
Yunior.
- B.
Rafa.
- C.
Ysrael.
- D.
Tio Miguel.
- 5.What does Rafa and his friends in the Capital make fun of Yunior for?
- A.
His Haitian features.
- B.
His disfigurement.
- C.
Crying.
- D.
His intelligence.
- 6.Who is Rafa's character foil?
- A.
Yunior.
- B.
Ysrael.
- C.
Tio Miguel.
- D.
None of the above.
- 7.True or False: Ysrael has already been to America.
- A.
True.
- B.
False.
- 8.True or False: Ysrael's literal disfigurement represents Rafa's inner ugliness.
- A.
True.
- B.
False.
- 9.Why does Rafa doubt that the doctors in America will be able to fix Ysrael's disfigurement?
- A.
He is jealous that Ysrael might get to go to the U.S.
- B.
Rafa has been to America and doesn't trust the doctors there.
- C.
Rafa was unable to get help in America for his disfigurement so he doubts Ysrael will be able to either.
- D.
Rafa dosen't want Ysrael to go because he will miss his company.
- 10.Why does Ysrael wear the mask?
- A.
He thinks he is a wrestler.
- B.
He likes to pretend to be a super hero from a comic book.
- C.
He doesn't want people to see that he is a Haitian.
- D.
When he was an infant a pig at the skin off of his face, leaving him with incredible scarring and disfigurement.
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