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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 38 - 83).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what dyamic are immigrants often discussed?
(a) Liminal.
(b) Febrile.
(c) Tensile.
(d) Push-and-pull.

2. What did Hsu's father always ask him after he moved away in their correspondence?
(a) How much money he was making.
(b) What he thought of everything.
(c) How his mother was.
(d) What color the river was.

3. Which philosopher's ideas influenced Hsu's thinking about friendship?
(a) Moses.
(b) Kant.
(c) Foucult.
(d) Derrida.

4. What does Ken make that Hsu wonders how he knows to make?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cake.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) Hot chocolate.

5. What did Hsu's mother's father write on a chalboard every day?
(a) A new word in English.
(b) A drawing.
(c) A poem.
(d) A recipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does time move when you are young, according to Hsu?

2. What motivated Hsu to start his zine at first?

3. What album did Hsu's parents play so often in particular?

4. What city did Hsu mostly live in with his parents?

5. What industry boomed in Taiwan in the early 1990s?

(see the answer key)

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